Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV
National Compensation Survey
August 1998
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner
October 1999
Bulletin 3095-81
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected worker and establishment
characteristics, private industry, and State and local government ................................................
2-1. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, all workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
2-2. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
2-3. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, part-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
3-1. Mean weekly earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
3-2. Mean annual earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
4-1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
4-2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
4-3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group ............................
5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry .............
5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry.
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note.................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group............
Appendix table 2. Number of establishments studied and represented..........................................
B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................
C. Generic Leveling Criteria.................................................................................................................
D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ...........................................................................................................
E. A Guide for Users of Prior BLS Wage Surveys...............................................................................
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A-1
A-5
A-6
B-1
C-1
D-1
E-1
Introduction
T
and State and local government for selected worker and
establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics
include major occupational group, full-time or part-time
status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay.
Establishment characteristics include goods and service
producing (within private industry) and size of establishment.
Table 2-1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings,
and the relative standard errors associated with them, for
detailed occupations within all industries, private industry,
and State and local government. Data are not shown for
any occupations if they would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates. Table 2-2 presents
the same type of information only for full-time workers.
Table 2-3 provides similar data for workers designated as
part-time.
Table 3-1 presents mean weekly earnings data, with
relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private
industry, and State and local government. The mean hours
reflect hours employees are scheduled to work, excluding
overtime hours. Table 3-2 provides annual earnings, relative standard error, and annual hours for full-time employees in specific occupations.
Table 4-1 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations.
Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4-2 provides work level data for
full-time workers. Table 4-3 provides similar data for
workers designated as part-time.
Table 5-1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational groups.
The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time
designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive
pay. Table 5-2 presents mean hourly earnings data for
major industry divisions by occupational groups; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5-3 presents
mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment
sizes by major occupational groups; these estimates are
also limited to the private sector.
Appendix table 1 provides the employment scope of
this survey. The occupation employment estimates relate
to all employers in the area, rather than just those surveyed.
Appendix table 2 presents the number of establishments
studied by industry group and employment size.
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, metropolitan area. Tabulations provide information on earnings
of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work
levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information on
the program, a technical note describing survey procedures,
and several appendixes with detailed information on occupational classifications and the generic leveling methodology.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides data
on the occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions, and the Nation as a
whole. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure
of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits, will
be derived from the NCS. Another product, Employer
Costs for Employee Compensation, measures employers’
average hourly costs for total compensation, that is, wages
and benefits. Still another NCS product measures the incidence of benefit plans and their provisions. This bulletin is
limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Ongoing changes
The NCS is implementing changes to its sample design and
timing of data collection and publication. Because of these
ongoing changes, it is not possible to produce median
wages and other wage percentiles for this area publication.
Estimates describing the distribution of wages by occupation will be published for the next survey of this area in the
late spring of 2000.
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 480 detailed occupations are used to describe all occupations in
the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households), as explained in Appendix
A. The table footnotes include information on survey concepts and definitions.
Table 1-1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative
standard errors are given for all industries, private industry,
1
Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$17.48
1.9
36.2
$17.06
2.4
36.1
$19.19
1.8
36.6
20.75
25.51
27.11
15.96
12.91
14.58
17.79
1.9
1.9
3.1
9.2
2.0
2.7
3.2
36.7
36.4
39.8
33.0
36.9
38.5
39.9
20.63
25.83
28.05
15.93
13.01
14.49
17.97
2.4
2.5
3.6
9.4
2.4
2.9
3.3
36.8
36.9
40.0
33.0
36.9
38.5
39.9
21.20
24.77
23.31
–
12.42
15.39
16.21
2.2
2.4
5.5
–
3.0
4.2
8.4
36.2
35.1
38.9
–
36.9
38.4
40.0
12.67
14.32
3.9
4.7
39.4
37.0
12.68
14.00
3.9
5.9
39.5
36.8
–
15.77
–
4.7
–
37.9
11.13
10.13
4.4
2.8
37.3
32.8
11.10
8.36
4.6
2.6
37.3
31.5
11.83
15.37
10.0
3.1
37.4
37.2
Full time ..................................................................
Part time .................................................................
18.41
10.00
1.8
7.6
39.7
21.2
18.06
9.76
2.3
8.9
39.8
21.4
19.77
11.68
1.8
6.9
39.1
19.8
Union ......................................................................
Nonunion ................................................................
19.13
17.06
2.7
2.3
37.0
36.0
18.04
16.89
4.4
2.6
37.2
35.9
20.76
18.10
2.2
2.7
36.7
36.6
Time ........................................................................
Incentive .................................................................
17.40
18.98
1.9
8.8
36.1
37.8
16.94
18.98
2.5
8.8
36.0
37.8
19.19
–
1.8
–
36.6
–
Goods producing ....................................................
Service producing ...................................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
17.47
16.98
3.8
2.7
39.8
35.4
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
50-99 workers .........................................................
100-499 workers .....................................................
500 workers or more ...............................................
14.06
15.81
19.74
5.6
4.0
2.0
34.4
36.0
36.9
14.07
15.81
19.94
5.7
4.1
3.0
34.4
36.0
37.1
12.76
15.62
19.41
1.0
9.3
1.9
35.6
36.1
36.7
Total ...........................................................................
Worker characteristics:4
White-collar occupations5 .......................................
Professional specialty and technical ...................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .........
Sales ...................................................................
Administrative support ........................................
Blue-collar occupations5 .........................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................................
Transportation and material moving ...................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,
and laborers ......................................................
Service occupations5 ..............................................
Establishment characteristics:
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on
hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially
based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
2
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$17.48
17.59
1.9
1.9
$17.06
17.17
2.4
2.4
$19.19
19.20
1.8
1.9
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
20.75
21.39
1.9
2.0
20.63
21.44
2.4
2.5
21.20
21.22
2.2
2.2
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ................................................
Speech therapists .................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ..................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
English teachers ...................................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Recreation workers ...............................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Public relations specialists ....................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Broadcast equipment operators ...........................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
25.51
26.71
28.56
24.66
30.11
31.96
26.76
27.29
1.9
2.0
4.0
2.1
3.4
6.1
4.0
3.9
25.83
27.13
28.84
–
30.11
32.51
26.77
27.30
2.5
2.6
4.4
–
3.4
6.5
4.0
3.9
24.77
25.79
26.29
25.75
–
–
–
–
2.4
2.4
4.0
2.5
–
–
–
–
21.61
21.17
25.13
38.83
23.22
27.32
20.94
33.38
28.97
18.85
31.69
28.85
21.36
30.65
26.63
25.08
28.04
29.57
26.97
28.16
8.34
24.87
21.36
21.24
26.18
22.07
14.14
14.09
14.73
42.91
42.91
4.6
5.2
4.2
11.9
5.8
2.8
10.6
7.7
8.0
4.4
5.1
6.8
17.4
7.5
2.3
12.7
1.7
2.1
3.7
5.8
.8
9.6
6.6
6.7
7.7
8.4
8.6
10.5
7.2
8.3
8.3
21.63
21.60
25.06
38.42
23.28
27.32
20.94
–
–
19.13
34.83
–
–
28.88
21.09
–
23.15
26.82
20.46
13.88
–
14.02
18.92
18.46
28.74
–
10.11
–
–
43.86
43.86
4.6
5.4
4.7
14.6
6.3
2.8
10.6
–
–
7.4
7.1
–
–
7.9
5.5
–
6.4
3.3
5.4
13.1
–
2.1
9.3
9.5
8.2
–
12.5
–
–
8.8
8.8
–
19.29
25.45
40.64
22.59
–
–
–
–
18.57
28.46
–
–
33.38
27.28
26.10
28.54
29.85
28.67
30.32
–
26.97
22.88
22.88
18.28
–
15.77
15.86
15.47
30.89
–
–
14.6
9.7
10.3
6.3
–
–
–
–
4.9
6.1
–
–
13.4
2.4
13.7
1.6
2.3
2.1
4.3
–
8.8
6.7
6.7
4.2
–
6.8
8.6
5.5
6.6
–
26.54
17.14
30.20
30.01
28.73
19.36
16.32
18.18
15.22
15.12
17.87
70.90
17.15
20.65
15.50
7.4
5.7
10.1
21.2
5.0
6.2
5.4
6.3
2.3
6.0
5.4
27.9
33.4
7.8
5.0
26.60
–
30.20
30.01
–
20.03
16.39
18.18
15.52
13.93
17.87
70.90
16.92
20.65
16.40
7.6
–
10.1
21.2
–
7.4
5.7
6.3
2.5
7.6
5.4
27.9
38.8
7.8
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
16.82
–
–
14.17
17.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
2.5
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
27.11
31.73
24.68
3.1
3.9
9.2
28.05
32.95
–
3.6
4.4
–
23.31
26.50
23.89
5.5
5.7
8.8
See footnotes at end of table.
3
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$46.09
30.39
11.9
14.6
$46.09
28.56
11.9
16.8
–
–
–
–
35.02
30.40
29.57
29.46
32.01
20.63
18.77
21.64
29.66
11.4
6.5
6.3
11.0
4.9
3.0
4.8
11.3
13.3
35.02
31.34
29.40
30.57
32.23
20.98
19.16
21.31
29.66
11.4
11.9
6.1
10.5
5.1
2.9
4.5
12.4
13.3
–
$29.76
–
–
27.91
19.32
17.60
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
8.9
9.1
13.8
–
–
20.33
24.88
9.7
7.9
21.57
25.41
10.5
7.6
–
–
–
–
17.30
21.43
4.9
6.0
–
21.13
–
5.6
16.41
22.31
6.8
16.4
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ...
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Sales counter clerks .............................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
15.96
26.45
23.69
9.2
11.9
14.0
15.93
26.45
23.69
9.4
11.9
14.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.26
15.98
10.58
10.00
10.44
9.27
6.1
16.4
10.3
20.9
14.6
9.8
19.26
15.98
10.58
10.00
–
9.25
6.1
16.4
10.3
20.9
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
12.91
18.50
14.54
14.90
13.69
7.87
14.04
9.52
12.71
12.72
14.07
9.48
11.57
11.63
12.54
11.60
8.03
12.74
12.29
2.0
6.0
6.3
3.5
5.7
5.7
8.6
3.3
15.0
14.2
10.1
4.2
4.2
3.7
7.1
15.3
5.8
12.3
7.5
13.01
18.39
14.54
15.28
14.08
7.87
14.04
9.50
12.71
12.72
14.09
–
12.06
11.68
12.54
11.56
8.03
–
11.75
2.4
7.2
6.3
4.1
5.6
5.7
8.6
3.5
15.0
14.2
13.1
–
5.0
4.2
7.1
16.0
5.8
–
8.9
12.42
18.89
–
13.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.41
10.71
11.35
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
8.3
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
3.8
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
12.72
8.9
12.72
8.9
–
–
14.92
12.46
12.98
12.05
8.81
13.51
11.30
11.96
10.6
3.4
3.0
3.3
13.0
5.7
4.9
4.5
14.92
12.46
–
11.68
10.49
13.51
8.38
12.32
10.6
3.4
–
3.9
11.1
5.7
12.0
5.8
–
–
13.18
13.26
–
–
11.75
11.16
–
–
2.6
5.7
–
–
4.6
4.4
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
4
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Blue collar ...........................................................................
$14.58
2.7
$14.49
2.9
$15.39
4.2
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Electrician apprentices .........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Stationary engineers .............................................
17.79
16.64
19.47
15.70
19.03
3.2
5.5
4.6
5.3
5.4
17.97
16.49
–
15.89
19.69
3.3
5.6
–
5.6
4.9
16.21
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
25.23
14.85
19.84
10.94
14.00
19.80
14.01
17.64
7.7
4.3
11.2
7.9
9.3
8.8
4.5
5.0
–
14.74
20.37
10.94
14.91
19.73
14.01
17.64
–
4.6
11.5
7.9
6.7
9.3
4.5
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Printing press operators .......................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
12.67
16.20
8.45
11.57
12.99
9.07
3.9
6.5
6.3
6.6
7.7
4.3
12.68
16.38
8.45
11.57
12.99
9.07
3.9
6.6
6.3
6.6
7.7
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Driver-sales workers .............................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
14.32
13.51
11.55
14.20
21.35
14.15
4.7
4.2
17.4
8.3
8.3
9.2
14.00
13.48
11.55
–
–
14.15
5.9
4.5
17.4
–
–
9.2
15.77
14.07
–
15.62
–
–
4.7
2.5
–
4.9
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
11.13
9.73
10.44
12.42
10.48
12.61
10.09
11.10
9.88
4.4
9.9
6.9
8.3
7.1
7.6
16.2
10.8
7.7
11.10
9.01
10.44
–
10.43
12.61
10.09
11.10
9.85
4.6
6.9
6.9
–
7.7
7.6
16.2
10.8
7.9
11.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Protective service, n.e.c. ......................................
Food service .............................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
10.13
16.03
21.43
16.71
18.71
2.8
5.3
16.7
7.0
4.4
8.36
9.91
–
–
–
2.6
11.5
–
–
–
15.37
18.16
–
16.71
18.80
3.1
3.6
–
7.0
4.4
16.25
15.19
8.59
16.91
7.41
13.99
7.34
4.08
8.87
6.71
8.86
6.69
7.32
9.30
10.37
8.98
9.02
27.7
3.8
5.8
22.8
4.0
9.0
16.1
10.5
3.3
8.7
9.2
6.9
6.4
2.0
7.2
1.8
4.3
–
–
8.37
–
7.33
13.99
7.34
4.08
8.86
6.68
8.67
6.69
7.15
8.98
9.84
8.75
8.48
–
–
5.1
–
4.2
9.0
16.1
10.5
3.6
9.2
9.9
6.9
6.5
1.8
7.6
1.8
4.8
16.25
15.19
–
–
9.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.04
11.40
–
11.09
11.64
27.7
3.8
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.2
5.2
–
6.7
3.0
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ..............................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$12.35
8.75
8.79
9.90
6.40
19.78
5.49
12.42
8.26
8.59
10.4
6.4
5.6
6.0
3.5
17.5
8.8
8.1
3.7
5.0
$12.06
8.60
7.99
9.78
–
24.76
5.49
–
8.11
8.34
12.2
6.5
6.3
7.4
–
14.4
8.8
–
3.8
5.3
–
–
$11.37
10.36
6.53
–
–
13.20
–
10.28
–
–
3.2
7.1
5.4
–
–
6.7
–
11.8
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN
THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
6
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$18.41
18.40
1.8
1.9
$18.06
18.03
2.3
2.4
$19.77
19.76
1.8
1.8
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
21.61
21.93
1.9
2.0
21.57
21.98
2.4
2.5
21.76
21.75
2.2
2.2
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Speech therapists .................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ..................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Public relations specialists ....................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
26.07
27.24
28.54
24.66
30.11
31.91
26.78
27.30
2.0
2.0
4.0
2.1
3.4
6.2
4.0
3.9
26.21
27.34
28.81
–
30.11
32.45
26.78
27.31
2.6
2.7
4.5
–
3.4
6.6
4.0
3.9
25.75
27.01
26.29
25.75
–
–
–
–
2.3
2.3
4.0
2.5
–
–
–
–
21.33
21.17
24.64
38.68
21.49
21.60
28.93
18.98
32.16
31.22
28.34
24.32
28.18
29.64
27.00
30.33
25.00
22.08
21.89
26.42
22.30
14.69
14.64
43.08
43.08
4.2
5.2
4.4
12.2
2.5
11.9
9.3
5.0
5.1
7.7
1.6
14.6
1.6
2.2
3.7
4.4
9.7
6.5
6.6
7.9
8.7
7.6
8.6
8.4
8.4
21.33
21.60
24.43
38.32
21.34
21.60
–
–
35.12
28.89
21.75
–
24.18
26.49
20.23
16.22
14.02
19.01
18.46
28.67
–
10.93
10.90
43.86
43.86
4.2
5.4
4.9
14.9
2.6
11.9
–
–
7.4
7.9
5.4
–
5.3
3.4
5.6
11.2
2.1
9.6
9.5
8.3
–
13.8
15.3
8.8
8.8
–
19.29
25.40
40.27
22.63
–
–
18.35
28.94
35.06
29.13
–
28.55
29.96
28.67
32.08
27.16
24.23
24.23
–
–
15.85
15.83
–
–
–
14.6
10.1
10.6
6.3
–
–
5.7
5.6
14.4
1.6
–
1.6
2.3
2.1
2.9
8.9
5.0
5.0
–
–
7.6
8.6
–
–
26.78
17.14
30.65
30.01
28.84
19.93
16.46
18.34
14.92
16.08
17.87
70.90
20.65
15.51
7.4
5.7
10.1
21.2
4.9
6.6
4.8
7.5
1.7
5.7
5.4
27.9
7.8
5.1
26.85
–
30.65
30.01
–
20.86
16.55
18.34
15.23
14.97
17.87
70.90
20.65
16.40
7.7
–
10.1
21.2
–
7.9
5.1
7.5
2.0
8.1
5.4
27.9
7.8
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
16.84
–
–
14.17
17.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
2.5
5.2
–
–
–
–
27.25
31.88
24.68
46.09
30.39
3.1
3.9
9.2
11.9
14.6
28.24
33.15
–
46.09
28.56
3.7
4.4
–
11.9
16.8
23.26
26.44
23.89
–
–
5.5
5.7
8.8
–
–
35.02
30.87
29.63
29.46
11.4
6.3
6.5
11.0
35.02
32.58
29.45
30.57
11.4
11.3
6.3
10.5
–
29.76
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$32.26
20.74
18.77
21.64
29.66
4.9
3.0
4.8
11.3
13.3
$32.51
21.13
19.16
21.31
29.66
5.1
3.0
4.5
12.4
13.3
$27.41
19.32
17.60
–
–
9.6
9.1
13.8
–
–
20.33
24.88
9.7
7.9
21.57
25.41
10.5
7.6
–
–
–
–
17.30
21.76
4.9
6.0
–
21.57
–
5.6
16.41
22.31
6.8
16.4
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ...
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
18.51
27.11
23.94
9.3
11.6
13.9
18.46
27.11
23.94
9.5
11.6
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.26
16.90
11.40
11.65
9.64
6.1
10.5
10.1
24.8
11.5
19.26
16.90
11.40
11.65
9.64
6.1
10.5
10.1
24.8
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
13.27
18.52
14.50
15.06
14.34
7.98
15.18
9.72
13.09
13.61
14.07
11.13
11.65
12.05
12.61
11.97
8.56
12.74
13.15
2.1
6.0
6.7
3.7
5.6
6.8
6.9
3.7
17.0
12.6
10.1
3.2
4.4
3.7
7.2
15.2
4.5
12.3
6.6
13.44
18.39
14.50
15.52
14.89
7.98
15.18
9.70
13.09
13.61
14.09
–
12.22
12.13
12.61
11.94
8.56
–
12.76
2.5
7.2
6.7
4.4
4.9
6.8
6.9
4.0
17.0
12.6
13.1
–
5.0
4.2
7.2
16.0
4.5
–
8.4
12.56
18.97
–
13.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.35
10.71
11.61
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
8.3
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
3.8
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
13.13
7.7
13.13
7.7
–
–
14.92
12.42
13.29
12.49
9.06
11.13
12.14
10.6
3.5
1.3
3.2
17.4
5.3
4.8
14.92
12.42
–
12.19
–
–
12.59
10.6
3.5
–
3.7
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
13.39
–
11.49
11.19
–
–
–
6.1
–
5.0
4.6
Blue collar ...........................................................................
14.90
2.6
14.83
2.9
15.61
4.4
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
17.80
16.64
19.47
15.42
19.03
3.2
5.5
4.6
5.2
5.4
17.98
16.49
–
15.56
19.69
3.3
5.6
–
5.4
4.9
16.21
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Electrician apprentices .........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Stationary engineers .............................................
$25.23
14.85
19.84
10.94
14.00
19.80
14.01
17.64
7.7
4.3
11.2
7.9
9.3
8.8
4.5
5.0
–
$14.74
20.37
10.94
14.91
19.73
14.01
17.64
–
4.6
11.5
7.9
6.7
9.3
4.5
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Printing press operators .......................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
12.76
16.38
8.49
11.57
12.99
9.07
3.9
6.6
6.4
6.6
7.7
4.3
12.76
16.38
8.49
11.57
12.99
9.07
3.9
6.6
6.4
6.6
7.7
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Driver-sales workers .............................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
15.04
13.91
13.49
14.72
21.35
14.15
4.2
3.3
11.0
9.6
8.3
9.2
14.81
13.90
13.49
–
–
14.15
5.1
3.6
11.0
–
–
9.2
$16.08
14.07
–
16.47
–
–
5.0
2.5
–
5.3
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
11.45
9.87
10.44
12.42
11.11
13.41
10.51
11.34
10.00
4.5
10.8
6.9
8.3
6.5
8.0
14.8
11.4
8.1
11.41
9.01
10.44
–
11.12
13.41
10.51
11.34
9.97
4.7
6.9
6.9
–
7.3
8.0
14.8
11.4
8.3
12.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
11.14
16.47
21.43
16.85
18.78
3.0
5.4
16.7
7.0
4.4
9.10
10.36
–
–
–
3.0
13.8
–
–
–
16.03
18.23
–
16.85
18.87
3.1
3.6
–
7.0
4.4
15.78
15.19
8.65
8.33
13.99
4.52
9.16
7.90
8.79
7.09
7.90
9.54
10.88
9.15
9.55
29.5
3.8
6.9
4.6
9.0
14.3
3.7
12.5
10.9
8.1
4.4
2.5
9.2
2.1
4.6
–
–
8.39
8.28
13.99
4.52
9.18
7.90
8.78
7.09
7.73
9.18
10.41
8.86
9.00
–
–
6.1
4.7
9.0
14.3
4.0
12.5
11.0
8.1
4.0
2.3
11.5
2.0
5.3
15.78
15.19
–
9.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.49
–
11.23
11.66
29.5
3.8
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
6.7
3.0
12.56
8.75
9.59
11.17
21.76
10.1
6.6
6.5
7.8
17.5
12.29
8.58
8.78
10.87
24.76
11.9
6.7
8.3
9.1
14.4
–
–
11.39
12.86
–
–
–
3.2
7.2
–
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$11.75
8.81
8.99
10.3
2.5
5.1
–
$8.67
8.65
–
1.7
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN
THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
10
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$10.00
10.14
7.6
8.8
$9.76
9.87
8.9
10.6
$11.68
11.71
6.9
7.0
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
12.81
14.55
9.5
11.1
12.75
14.87
11.0
13.3
13.21
13.31
9.3
9.6
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
19.34
20.59
–
–
26.84
27.01
23.76
11.87
27.53
10.05
8.34
14.61
14.48
–
11.45
–
11.7
12.6
–
–
8.4
9.2
34.6
13.3
4.7
12.6
.8
9.1
10.2
–
15.8
–
21.64
24.47
–
–
26.84
27.03
25.19
14.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.8
11.4
–
–
8.7
9.2
6.9
18.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.01
14.01
–
–
26.67
–
23.25
11.64
–
11.46
–
14.48
14.48
–
–
–
11.7
11.8
–
–
16.3
–
47.8
14.7
–
12.8
–
10.2
10.2
–
–
–
–
14.11
15.16
17.45
16.11
11.51
–
7.5
16.4
1.7
5.5
6.4
–
14.12
15.16
17.45
16.13
11.51
–
7.6
16.4
1.7
5.5
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
13.54
–
–
23.3
–
–
11.61
–
–
21.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
9.36
14.18
7.12
8.97
10.7
33.4
6.0
10.3
9.35
14.18
7.12
8.93
10.9
33.4
6.0
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
9.49
11.90
11.69
8.80
7.81
8.44
8.88
8.00
9.98
3.8
3.5
19.1
5.7
5.1
7.2
4.4
8.1
7.4
9.40
11.90
11.69
8.81
–
8.46
8.45
8.00
9.82
4.2
3.5
19.1
5.7
–
7.9
3.1
8.1
9.3
10.21
–
–
–
7.68
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
7.82
7.4
7.29
6.9
11.80
7.8
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Bus drivers ............................................................
7.65
12.34
13.1
5.1
6.57
–
9.9
–
12.77
12.77
3.5
3.5
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
7.54
7.43
8.13
7.86
5.5
13.0
4.2
4.7
7.54
7.43
8.13
7.86
5.7
13.0
4.2
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
6.54
8.56
8.29
3.6
7.0
5.3
6.28
7.89
8.27
3.8
5.5
5.3
8.79
12.11
–
5.6
17.3
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Food service .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$5.57
3.58
5.97
9.00
5.80
5.82
8.24
7.88
8.31
6.38
6.20
7.69
6.40
6.88
6.78
4.9
12.5
3.0
9.0
15.6
7.1
2.7
11.9
1.9
4.2
4.1
6.3
3.5
6.7
8.8
$5.36
3.58
5.83
8.38
5.80
–
8.25
7.88
8.32
6.38
6.20
7.37
–
6.30
6.75
5.0
12.5
1.7
11.1
15.6
–
2.7
11.9
1.9
4.2
4.1
9.0
–
4.2
11.4
$9.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.33
6.53
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
5.4
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN
THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
12
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$730
728
1.8
1.9
39.7
39.6
$718
716
2.3
2.4
39.8
39.7
$774
774
1.8
1.8
39.1
39.2
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
857
867
1.9
1.9
39.7
39.5
862
876
2.4
2.5
40.0
39.9
839
839
2.2
2.2
38.5
38.6
1,024
1,075
1.9
2.0
39.3
39.5
1,044
1,099
2.5
2.7
39.8
40.2
981
1,023
2.2
2.2
38.1
37.9
1,153
1,030
3.9
2.7
40.4
41.8
1,166
–
4.3
–
40.5
–
1,048
1,030
3.9
2.5
39.9
40.0
1,213
1,275
3.6
6.2
40.3
39.9
1,213
1,298
3.6
6.6
40.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,084
3.7
40.5
1,085
3.7
40.5
–
–
–
1,107
3.3
40.6
1,108
3.3
40.6
–
–
–
857
856
973
1,545
845
864
1,120
753
1,316
4.3
6.3
4.3
12.2
2.6
11.9
9.1
4.7
5.4
40.2
40.4
39.5
39.9
39.3
40.0
38.7
39.7
40.9
857
875
965
1,533
837
864
–
–
1,426
4.3
6.7
4.9
14.9
2.7
11.9
–
–
8.5
40.2
40.5
39.5
40.0
39.2
40.0
–
–
40.6
–
772
1,004
1,597
904
–
–
734
1,195
–
14.6
9.7
10.5
6.3
–
–
5.7
5.3
–
40.0
39.5
39.7
39.9
–
–
40.0
41.3
1,158
5.1
37.1
1,116
7.1
38.6
1,219
6.9
34.8
1,046
1.6
36.9
836
5.7
38.4
1,070
1.6
36.7
941
1,033
1,082
1,002
1,161
14.3
1.8
2.3
3.1
4.7
38.7
36.6
36.5
37.1
38.3
–
921
1,023
799
613
–
5.4
4.7
5.1
9.7
–
38.1
38.6
39.5
37.8
–
1,043
1,088
1,048
1,230
–
1.9
2.4
2.1
3.3
–
36.5
36.3
36.6
38.3
920
7.5
36.8
533
4.8
38.0
993
6.4
36.6
865
859
6.7
6.9
39.2
39.3
742
724
9.7
10.0
39.0
39.2
952
952
5.5
5.5
39.3
39.3
1,026
892
6.6
8.7
38.8
40.0
1,109
–
6.7
–
38.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
581
580
1,906
1,906
7.5
8.4
4.1
4.1
39.6
39.6
44.2
44.2
432
433
1,956
1,956
13.3
14.9
3.8
3.8
39.5
39.7
44.6
44.6
628
626
–
–
7.4
8.3
–
–
39.6
39.6
–
–
1,050
686
1,173
1,150
1,143
766
6.8
5.7
7.8
20.4
5.3
5.9
39.2
40.0
38.3
38.3
39.6
38.4
1,052
–
1,173
1,150
–
794
7.0
–
7.8
20.4
–
7.0
39.2
–
38.3
38.3
–
38.1
–
–
–
–
–
666
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
654
716
5.0
8.3
39.7
39.0
657
716
5.3
8.3
39.7
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Civil engineers ........................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Operations and systems
researchers and analysts
Natural scientists ........................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Respiratory therapists .............
Speech therapists ...................
Therapists, n.e.c. ....................
Teachers, college and university
Teachers, post secondary,
subject not specified .........
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Prekindergarten and
kindergarten ......................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, special education ...
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Librarians ................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Psychologists ..........................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Lawyers ..................................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Designers ...............................
Editors and reporters ..............
Public relations specialists ......
Professional, n.e.c. .................
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Radiologic technicians ............
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Airplane pilots and navigators
Computer programmers .........
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
Managers, marketing,
advertising, and public
relations ............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers, medicine and
health ................................
Managers, service
organizations, n.e.c. .........
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Inspectors and compliance
officers, except
construction ......................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Sales, other business services
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, apparel ...........
Sales workers, hardware and
building supplies ...............
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
$574
3.0
38.4
$586
3.9
38.4
$545
1.1
38.4
640
5.3
39.8
596
8.3
39.8
713
3.9
39.8
715
1,723
822
620
5.4
24.6
7.8
5.0
40.0
24.3
39.8
39.9
715
1,723
822
654
5.4
24.6
7.8
5.2
40.0
24.3
39.8
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,092
3.1
40.1
1,140
3.7
40.4
905
5.5
38.9
1,279
3.9
40.1
1,339
4.4
40.4
1,030
5.6
39.0
954
1,833
9.1
11.5
38.6
39.8
–
1,833
–
11.5
–
39.8
922
–
8.7
–
38.6
–
1,240
13.7
40.8
1,168
15.8
40.9
–
–
–
1,410
11.6
40.2
1,410
11.6
40.2
–
–
–
1,218
6.7
39.5
1,298
12.9
39.8
1,167
6.6
39.2
1,177
6.3
39.7
1,169
6.1
39.7
–
–
–
1,189
10.2
40.4
1,238
9.5
40.5
–
–
–
1,310
829
744
860
1,157
5.0
3.0
4.6
11.1
14.0
40.6
40.0
39.6
39.7
39.0
1,322
852
760
852
1,157
5.2
2.9
4.3
12.4
14.0
40.7
40.3
39.7
40.0
39.0
1,089
750
695
–
–
9.5
9.1
13.2
–
–
39.7
38.8
39.5
–
–
801
9.2
39.4
846
10.1
39.2
–
–
–
1,001
7.7
40.2
1,023
7.4
40.2
–
–
–
692
850
4.9
6.3
40.0
39.0
–
856
–
5.5
–
39.7
656
832
6.8
17.9
40.0
37.3
756
1,152
958
9.6
13.9
13.9
40.8
42.5
40.0
754
1,152
958
9.8
13.9
13.9
40.9
42.5
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
806
687
5.1
11.7
41.9
40.7
806
687
5.1
11.7
41.9
40.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
456
10.1
40.0
456
10.1
40.0
–
–
–
466
384
24.8
11.5
40.0
39.8
466
384
24.8
11.5
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
525
728
2.0
5.6
39.6
39.3
532
726
2.3
6.8
39.6
39.5
494
731
3.1
8.5
39.3
38.5
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
Computer operators ................
Secretaries .............................
Typists ....................................
Hotel clerks .............................
Transportation ticket and
reservation agents ............
Receptionists ..........................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ........
Order clerks ............................
Personnel clerks, except
payroll and timekeeping ....
Library clerks ..........................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Billing clerks ............................
Telephone operators ..............
Mail clerks, except postal
service ..............................
Dispatchers .............................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Material recording, scheduling,
and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. .................................
Insurance adjusters,
examiners, and
investigators .....................
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare
General office clerks ...............
Data entry keyers ...................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Bus, truck, and stationary
engine mechanics .............
Industrial machinery repairers
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, electricians and
power transmission
installers ...........................
Carpenters ..............................
Electricians .............................
Electrician apprentices ...........
Construction trades, n.e.c. ......
Supervisors, production ..........
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Stationary engineers ...............
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
$580
594
568
319
6.7
3.4
5.5
6.8
40.0
39.5
39.6
40.0
$580
611
588
319
6.7
4.0
4.8
6.8
40.0
39.4
39.5
40.0
607
387
520
541
6.9
3.6
16.7
12.7
40.0
39.8
39.7
39.8
607
387
520
541
6.9
3.8
16.7
12.7
40.0
39.9
39.7
39.8
558
432
460
9.6
2.9
4.2
39.7
38.8
39.5
557
–
480
12.6
–
5.1
471
495
460
3.9
6.8
14.3
39.1
39.3
38.4
474
495
458
342
510
523
4.2
12.3
6.7
39.9
40.0
39.8
525
7.7
610
–
5.3
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
39.3
–
436
427
–
3.6
3.7
–
38.4
39.9
4.3
6.8
15.1
39.1
39.3
38.4
454
–
–
7.9
–
–
39.1
–
–
342
–
508
4.2
–
8.5
39.9
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
525
7.7
40.0
–
–
–
12.7
40.9
610
12.7
40.9
–
–
–
491
528
495
360
412
484
3.0
1.4
3.1
16.8
6.0
5.3
39.5
39.7
39.6
39.7
37.0
39.8
491
–
487
–
–
503
3.0
–
3.7
–
–
6.9
39.5
–
39.9
–
–
40.0
–
–
518
–
423
443
–
–
6.1
–
6.0
4.9
–
–
38.7
–
36.8
39.6
596
2.7
40.0
593
2.9
40.0
622
4.3
39.8
714
681
3.3
7.0
40.1
40.9
721
675
3.4
7.3
40.1
40.9
648
–
8.4
–
40.0
–
779
617
4.6
5.2
40.0
40.0
–
622
–
5.4
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
761
5.4
40.0
787
4.9
40.0
–
–
–
1,009
585
794
438
560
810
7.7
4.5
11.2
7.9
9.3
9.2
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.9
–
580
815
438
596
808
–
4.8
11.5
7.9
6.7
9.7
–
39.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
561
706
4.5
5.0
40.0
40.0
561
706
4.5
5.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
508
3.8
39.8
508
3.8
39.8
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
–
$528
–
–
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors –Continued
Printing press operators .........
Laundering and dry cleaning
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Assemblers .............................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Driver-sales workers ...............
Bus drivers ..............................
Supervisors, material moving
equipment .........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
Helpers, construction trades ...
Construction laborers .............
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Vehicle washers and
equipment cleaners ..........
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Supervisors, guards ................
Firefighting ..............................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
Correctional institution officers
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Cooks .....................................
Food counter, fountain, and
related ...............................
Kitchen workers, food
preparation .......................
Waiters’/Waitresses’
assistants ..........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
$634
6.7
38.7
$634
6.7
38.7
–
–
–
337
6.4
39.7
337
6.4
39.7
–
–
–
461
519
6.4
7.7
39.9
40.0
461
519
6.4
7.7
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
363
4.3
40.0
363
4.3
40.0
–
–
–
603
554
593
563
4.1
3.5
10.3
10.7
40.1
39.8
44.0
38.3
595
553
593
–
5.1
3.7
10.3
–
40.2
39.8
44.0
–
5.0
2.5
–
5.7
39.6
40.0
–
39.0
854
8.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
566
9.2
40.0
566
9.2
40.0
–
–
–
456
4.6
39.9
455
4.8
39.9
485
10.3
40.0
393
384
497
442
10.6
11.8
8.3
6.7
39.8
36.8
40.0
39.8
359
384
–
442
6.6
11.8
–
7.4
39.8
36.8
–
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
536
8.0
40.0
536
8.0
40.0
–
–
–
420
451
14.8
11.4
40.0
39.8
420
451
14.8
11.4
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
399
8.1
39.9
398
8.4
39.9
–
–
–
436
671
857
768
3.0
5.8
17.1
4.9
39.2
40.7
40.0
45.6
352
407
–
–
2.8
14.2
–
–
38.6
39.2
–
–
651
751
–
768
3.3
3.8
–
4.9
40.6
41.2
–
45.6
760
4.3
40.4
–
–
–
763
4.3
40.5
608
608
30.8
3.8
38.5
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
608
608
30.8
3.8
38.5
40.0
339
327
7.3
4.7
39.2
39.2
328
325
6.4
4.8
39.1
39.2
–
382
–
10.0
–
39.0
582
172
354
9.5
14.4
4.6
41.6
38.2
38.7
582
172
355
9.5
14.4
5.0
41.6
38.2
38.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
314
12.3
39.7
314
12.3
39.7
–
–
–
346
10.9
39.4
346
11.0
39.4
–
–
–
282
309
373
7.8
4.6
2.6
39.8
39.1
39.1
282
302
359
7.8
4.4
2.7
39.8
39.1
39.1
–
–
446
–
–
4.6
–
–
38.8
See footnotes at end of table.
16
$637
563
–
643
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Health service –Continued
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Public transportation
attendants .........................
Early childhood teachers’
assistants ..........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .......
Service, n.e.c. .........................
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
–
–
–
$425
8.4
39.1
$416
11.5
40.0
357
377
2.5
4.5
39.0
39.5
345
355
2.6
5.2
38.9
39.4
$446
466
7.0
3.0
39.7
40.0
502
341
382
391
10.1
6.1
6.5
4.7
40.0
39.0
39.8
35.0
491
334
349
375
11.9
6.1
8.3
5.2
40.0
38.9
39.7
34.5
–
–
455
488
–
–
3.2
8.0
–
–
40.0
38.0
508
7.2
23.3
517
7.8
20.9
–
–
–
450
348
343
11.4
1.8
4.9
38.3
39.5
38.2
–
345
333
–
1.6
5.3
–
39.8
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS
SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED
REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN
MIND.
17
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$37,080
36,952
1.8
1.9
2,014
2,008
$37,168
37,014
2.3
2.4
2,058
2,053
$36,769
36,747
1.8
1.8
1,860
1,860
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
43,185
43,562
1.9
1.9
1,999
1,987
44,620
45,320
2.4
2.5
2,069
2,062
38,745
38,723
2.2
2.2
1,781
1,780
49,692
51,466
1.9
2.0
1,906
1,890
53,612
56,326
2.5
2.7
2,046
2,060
42,293
43,128
2.2
2.2
1,642
1,597
59,951
53,571
3.9
2.7
2,101
2,172
60,633
–
4.3
–
2,104
–
54,492
53,551
3.9
2.5
2,073
2,080
63,068
66,277
3.6
6.2
2,095
2,077
63,068
67,501
3.6
6.6
2,095
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
56,385
3.7
2,106
56,400
3.7
2,106
–
–
–
57,585
3.3
2,109
57,604
3.3
2,109
–
–
–
44,550
44,182
49,822
80,336
43,937
44,931
47,732
38,198
56,062
4.3
6.3
4.3
12.2
2.6
11.9
9.1
4.7
5.4
2,089
2,087
2,022
2,077
2,044
2,080
1,650
2,013
1,743
44,550
45,109
50,091
79,705
43,524
44,931
–
–
62,641
4.3
6.7
4.9
14.9
2.7
11.9
–
–
8.5
2,089
2,088
2,050
2,080
2,040
2,080
–
–
1,784
–
40,127
48,892
83,061
47,005
–
–
38,178
49,230
–
14.6
9.7
10.5
6.3
–
–
5.7
5.3
–
2,080
1,925
2,063
2,077
–
–
2,080
1,701
52,208
5.1
1,672
54,209
7.1
1,876
49,715
6.9
1,418
41,465
1.6
1,463
36,018
5.7
1,656
42,035
1.6
1,443
38,669
40,193
42,051
41,094
46,452
14.3
1.8
2.3
3.1
4.7
1,590
1,426
1,419
1,522
1,532
–
37,867
38,637
37,960
31,348
–
5.4
4.7
5.1
9.7
–
1,566
1,459
1,877
1,933
–
40,387
42,384
41,692
47,900
–
1.9
2.4
2.1
3.3
–
1,415
1,415
1,454
1,493
41,159
7.5
1,646
27,723
4.8
1,977
43,288
6.4
1,594
44,666
44,367
6.7
6.9
2,023
2,027
37,944
37,012
9.7
10.0
1,996
2,005
49,485
49,485
5.5
5.5
2,043
2,043
53,363
46,387
6.6
8.7
2,020
2,080
57,648
–
6.7
–
2,011
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30,228
30,146
99,097
99,097
7.5
8.4
4.1
4.1
2,058
2,059
2,300
2,300
22,449
22,518
101,695
101,695
13.3
14.9
3.8
3.8
2,054
2,066
2,318
2,318
32,655
32,562
–
–
7.4
8.3
–
–
2,060
2,057
–
–
54,496
35,647
61,017
59,780
59,047
39,806
6.8
5.7
7.8
20.4
5.3
5.9
2,035
2,080
1,991
1,992
2,047
1,997
54,710
–
61,017
59,780
–
41,296
7.0
–
7.8
20.4
–
7.0
2,038
–
1,991
1,992
–
1,980
–
–
–
–
–
34,654
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
2,058
33,985
37,228
5.0
8.3
2,064
2,030
34,148
37,228
5.3
8.3
2,063
2,030
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Civil engineers ........................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Operations and systems
researchers and analysts
Natural scientists ........................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Respiratory therapists .............
Speech therapists ...................
Therapists, n.e.c. ....................
Teachers, college and university
Teachers, post secondary,
subject not specified .........
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Prekindergarten and
kindergarten ......................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, special education ...
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Librarians ................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Psychologists ..........................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Lawyers ..................................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Designers ...............................
Editors and reporters ..............
Public relations specialists ......
Professional, n.e.c. .................
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Radiologic technicians ............
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Airplane pilots and navigators
Computer programmers .........
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
Managers, marketing,
advertising, and public
relations ............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers, medicine and
health ................................
Managers, service
organizations, n.e.c. .........
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Inspectors and compliance
officers, except
construction ......................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Sales, other business services
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, apparel ...........
Sales workers, hardware and
building supplies ...............
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
$29,830
3.0
1,999
$30,452
3.9
1,999
$28,316
1.1
1,998
33,283
5.3
2,070
31,002
8.3
2,071
37,060
3.9
2,068
37,167
89,614
42,770
32,217
5.4
24.6
7.8
5.0
2,080
1,264
2,071
2,077
37,167
89,614
42,770
34,029
5.4
24.6
7.8
5.2
2,080
1,264
2,071
2,075
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
56,454
3.1
2,072
59,168
3.7
2,095
46,130
5.5
1,983
66,218
3.9
2,077
69,456
4.4
2,095
52,931
5.6
2,002
49,597
95,292
9.1
11.5
2,009
2,067
–
95,292
–
11.5
–
2,067
47,929
–
8.7
–
2,006
–
64,455
13.7
2,121
60,746
15.8
2,127
–
–
–
73,297
11.6
2,093
73,297
11.6
2,093
–
–
–
61,054
6.7
1,978
64,886
12.9
1,992
58,598
6.6
1,969
61,178
6.3
2,065
60,773
6.1
2,063
–
–
–
61,845
10.2
2,099
64,371
9.5
2,106
–
–
–
68,075
42,809
38,685
44,702
60,181
5.0
3.0
4.6
11.1
14.0
2,110
2,064
2,061
2,066
2,029
68,668
44,247
39,528
44,315
60,181
5.2
2.9
4.3
12.4
14.0
2,113
2,094
2,063
2,080
2,029
56,626
37,866
36,126
–
–
9.5
9.1
13.2
–
–
2,066
1,960
2,053
–
–
41,677
9.2
2,050
43,989
10.1
2,040
–
–
–
52,055
7.7
2,092
53,172
7.4
2,093
–
–
–
35,974
43,069
4.9
6.3
2,080
1,979
–
44,389
–
5.5
–
2,058
34,137
39,868
6.8
17.9
2,080
1,787
39,287
59,902
49,799
9.6
13.9
13.9
2,123
2,210
2,080
39,234
59,902
49,799
9.8
13.9
13.9
2,126
2,210
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
41,924
35,736
5.1
11.7
2,177
2,115
41,924
35,736
5.1
11.7
2,177
2,115
–
–
–
–
–
–
23,708
10.1
2,080
23,708
10.1
2,080
–
–
–
24,230
19,966
24.8
11.5
2,080
2,071
24,230
19,966
24.8
11.5
2,080
2,071
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,146
37,832
2.0
5.6
2,045
2,043
27,675
37,777
2.3
6.8
2,059
2,054
24,926
38,022
3.1
8.5
1,985
2,004
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
–
$27,443
–
–
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
Computer operators ................
Secretaries .............................
Typists ....................................
Hotel clerks .............................
Transportation ticket and
reservation agents ............
Receptionists ..........................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ........
Order clerks ............................
Personnel clerks, except
payroll and timekeeping ....
Library clerks ..........................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Billing clerks ............................
Telephone operators ..............
Mail clerks, except postal
service ..............................
Dispatchers .............................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Material recording, scheduling,
and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. .................................
Insurance adjusters,
examiners, and
investigators .....................
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare
General office clerks ...............
Data entry keyers ...................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Bus, truck, and stationary
engine mechanics .............
Industrial machinery repairers
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, electricians and
power transmission
installers ...........................
Carpenters ..............................
Electricians .............................
Electrician apprentices ...........
Construction trades, n.e.c. ......
Supervisors, production ..........
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Stationary engineers ...............
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
$30,152
30,897
29,513
16,602
6.7
3.4
5.5
6.8
2,080
2,051
2,058
2,080
$30,152
31,760
30,599
16,602
6.7
4.0
4.8
6.8
2,080
2,047
2,054
2,080
–
5.3
–
–
–
2,069
–
–
31,575
20,119
27,040
28,137
6.9
3.6
16.7
12.7
2,080
2,070
2,066
2,068
31,575
20,114
27,040
28,137
6.9
3.8
16.7
12.7
2,080
2,073
2,066
2,068
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,018
22,440
23,941
9.6
2.9
4.2
2,062
2,015
2,055
28,988
–
24,969
12.6
–
5.1
2,057
–
2,043
–
22,651
22,210
–
3.6
3.7
–
1,996
2,074
24,491
25,753
23,917
3.9
6.8
14.3
2,032
2,042
1,998
24,641
25,753
23,822
4.3
6.8
15.1
2,032
2,042
1,995
23,633
–
–
7.9
–
–
2,035
–
–
17,760
26,504
27,216
4.2
12.3
6.7
2,074
2,080
2,070
17,760
–
26,399
4.2
–
8.5
2,074
–
2,068
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,319
7.7
2,080
27,319
7.7
2,080
–
–
–
31,696
12.7
2,125
31,696
12.7
2,125
–
–
–
25,507
27,459
25,683
18,721
16,460
25,151
3.0
1.4
3.1
16.8
6.0
5.3
2,054
2,067
2,056
2,067
1,478
2,072
25,507
–
25,251
–
–
26,178
3.0
–
3.7
–
–
6.9
2,054
–
2,071
–
–
2,080
–
–
26,960
–
16,580
23,016
–
–
6.1
–
6.0
4.9
–
–
2,014
–
1,443
2,057
30,643
2.7
2,056
30,595
2.9
2,063
31,100
4.3
1,993
36,759
35,343
3.3
7.0
2,065
2,124
37,114
35,066
3.4
7.3
2,064
2,126
33,669
–
8.4
–
2,077
–
40,293
32,081
4.6
5.2
2,069
2,080
–
32,367
–
5.4
–
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
39,586
5.4
2,080
40,947
4.9
2,080
–
–
–
52,480
30,396
41,276
22,763
29,119
42,131
7.7
4.5
11.2
7.9
9.3
9.2
2,080
2,047
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,128
–
30,150
42,370
22,763
31,010
42,039
–
4.8
11.5
7.9
6.7
9.7
–
2,045
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,131
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,150
36,692
4.5
5.0
2,080
2,080
29,150
36,692
4.5
5.0
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,415
3.8
2,070
26,415
3.8
2,070
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors –Continued
Printing press operators .........
Laundering and dry cleaning
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Assemblers .............................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Driver-sales workers ...............
Bus drivers ..............................
Supervisors, material moving
equipment .........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
Helpers, construction trades ...
Construction laborers .............
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Vehicle washers and
equipment cleaners ..........
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Supervisors, guards ................
Firefighting ..............................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
Correctional institution officers
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Cooks .....................................
Food counter, fountain, and
related ...............................
Kitchen workers, food
preparation .......................
Waiters’/Waitresses’
assistants ..........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
$32,959
6.7
2,012
$32,959
6.7
2,012
–
–
–
17,531
6.4
2,065
17,531
6.4
2,065
–
–
–
23,988
27,012
6.4
7.7
2,073
2,080
23,988
27,012
6.4
7.7
2,073
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
18,873
4.3
2,080
18,873
4.3
2,080
–
–
–
30,785
28,670
30,860
25,429
4.1
3.5
10.3
10.7
2,047
2,061
2,287
1,727
30,862
28,627
30,860
–
5.1
3.7
10.3
–
2,084
2,059
2,287
–
5.0
2.5
–
5.7
1,895
2,080
–
1,683
44,409
8.3
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,432
9.2
2,080
29,432
9.2
2,080
–
–
–
23,371
4.6
2,041
23,264
4.8
2,039
25,245
10.3
2,080
19,571
19,958
24,983
22,981
10.6
11.8
8.3
6.7
1,982
1,912
2,012
2,068
17,749
19,958
–
22,976
6.6
11.8
–
7.4
1,971
1,912
–
2,066
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,895
8.0
2,080
27,895
8.0
2,080
–
–
–
21,865
23,465
14.8
11.4
2,080
2,069
21,865
23,465
14.8
11.4
2,080
2,069
–
–
–
–
–
–
19,924
8.1
1,993
19,849
8.4
1,990
–
–
–
22,504
34,893
44,541
39,941
3.0
5.8
17.1
4.9
2,021
2,119
2,078
2,371
18,274
21,141
–
–
2.8
14.2
–
–
2,007
2,041
–
–
32,937
39,061
–
39,941
3.3
3.8
–
4.9
2,054
2,143
–
2,371
39,503
4.3
2,103
–
–
–
39,697
4.3
2,103
31,617
31,624
30.8
3.8
2,004
2,083
–
–
–
–
–
–
31,617
31,624
30.8
3.8
2,004
2,083
17,641
16,849
7.3
4.7
2,039
2,023
17,064
16,881
6.4
4.8
2,035
2,039
–
16,063
–
10.0
–
1,644
30,288
8,966
18,162
9.5
14.4
4.6
2,164
1,984
1,984
30,288
8,966
18,448
9.5
14.4
5.0
2,164
1,984
2,009
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16,312
12.3
2,065
16,312
12.3
2,065
–
–
–
17,920
10.9
2,038
17,896
11.0
2,038
–
–
–
14,675
15,735
19,368
7.8
4.6
2.6
2,068
1,993
2,029
14,675
15,692
18,667
7.8
4.4
2.7
2,068
2,030
2,034
–
–
23,032
–
–
4.6
–
–
2,004
See footnotes at end of table.
21
$30,474
29,276
–
27,706
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Health service –Continued
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Public transportation
attendants .........................
Early childhood teachers’
assistants ..........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .......
Service, n.e.c. .........................
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
–
–
–
$21,955
8.4
2,019
$21,630
11.5
2,079
18,567
19,606
2.5
4.5
2,029
2,054
17,938
18,438
2.6
5.2
2,024
2,049
$23,213
24,178
7.0
3.0
2,066
2,074
26,122
17,727
19,809
19,366
10.1
6.1
6.5
4.7
2,080
2,026
2,066
1,734
25,555
17,379
18,117
19,479
11.9
6.1
8.3
5.2
2,080
2,024
2,063
1,792
–
–
23,613
18,840
–
–
3.2
8.0
–
–
2,073
1,465
25,216
7.2
1,159
26,893
7.8
1,086
–
–
–
18,303
17,663
17,221
11.4
1.8
4.9
1,558
2,006
1,915
–
17,892
17,301
–
1.6
5.3
–
2,064
2,001
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS
SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED
REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN
MIND.
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Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$17.48
17.59
1.9
1.9
$17.06
17.17
2.4
2.4
$19.19
19.20
1.8
1.9
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
20.75
7.05
9.73
9.80
12.44
14.91
16.44
19.27
20.52
25.33
25.56
30.41
37.54
40.99
55.08
23.78
21.39
7.66
10.42
10.18
12.40
14.80
15.63
19.15
20.62
25.26
25.13
29.55
37.60
40.99
55.08
23.79
1.9
5.3
4.8
2.0
2.2
3.5
4.0
2.8
3.0
2.0
4.8
3.4
3.5
5.6
9.7
7.9
2.0
6.8
5.2
1.7
1.8
3.5
2.3
2.8
3.2
2.0
5.0
3.1
3.6
5.6
9.7
8.0
20.63
7.05
9.66
9.66
12.50
15.55
16.87
18.72
19.50
24.65
27.28
31.84
38.81
44.36
62.71
23.84
21.44
7.87
10.35
10.05
12.47
15.49
15.92
18.53
19.49
24.53
26.83
30.78
38.88
44.36
62.71
23.86
2.4
6.1
5.0
2.2
2.5
3.7
4.5
3.2
3.0
2.7
6.1
3.8
3.6
6.8
6.3
10.0
2.5
8.2
5.5
1.9
2.1
3.6
2.4
3.2
3.1
2.7
6.8
3.5
3.6
6.8
6.3
10.1
21.20
7.05
11.69
11.21
12.15
12.70
14.43
21.29
23.26
26.97
22.80
26.30
27.36
29.65
–
23.59
21.22
7.05
11.69
11.28
12.13
12.70
14.43
21.29
23.26
26.97
22.80
26.36
27.36
29.65
–
23.59
2.2
5.1
3.7
3.0
3.5
4.3
4.9
5.8
6.9
2.7
7.9
5.8
8.1
5.9
–
10.7
2.2
5.1
3.7
3.1
3.5
4.3
4.9
5.8
6.9
2.7
7.9
6.0
8.1
5.9
–
10.7
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
25.51
26.71
16.49
16.62
21.33
21.81
26.71
25.33
28.71
35.63
39.67
49.07
24.09
28.56
18.56
22.55
23.72
25.29
30.94
30.71
34.54
24.66
30.11
26.92
32.00
37.18
31.96
34.08
38.77
1.9
2.0
6.4
4.0
2.7
5.5
2.2
5.7
3.2
4.8
6.2
7.2
11.7
4.0
12.3
6.3
9.9
4.8
5.4
4.9
6.9
2.1
3.4
3.0
3.2
5.0
6.1
2.3
2.9
25.83
27.13
17.50
17.36
19.86
19.37
25.40
27.91
29.42
37.08
42.47
49.40
26.03
28.84
18.56
–
–
25.32
–
30.63
37.15
–
30.11
26.92
32.00
37.18
32.51
–
38.77
2.5
2.6
4.9
4.4
3.3
5.7
3.9
6.4
3.2
5.0
7.3
7.6
13.7
4.4
12.3
–
–
5.0
–
5.1
3.6
–
3.4
3.0
3.2
5.0
6.5
–
2.9
24.77
25.79
12.89
14.81
25.25
25.30
28.82
23.03
26.88
26.40
28.30
–
17.76
26.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
2.4
11.7
6.0
6.7
9.7
1.7
8.8
7.8
10.9
6.0
–
8.5
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$26.76
17.67
20.90
25.31
25.00
26.11
28.80
34.22
27.29
20.94
25.00
26.30
29.52
34.87
4.0
8.3
4.1
10.9
4.4
6.7
4.5
2.4
3.9
4.3
4.8
6.9
4.2
2.7
$26.77
17.41
20.91
25.31
25.00
26.11
28.80
34.22
27.30
20.94
25.00
26.30
29.52
34.87
4.0
8.7
4.1
10.9
4.4
6.7
4.5
2.4
3.9
4.3
4.8
6.9
4.2
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.61
21.17
16.68
25.13
17.71
16.60
19.19
21.97
26.15
25.01
27.78
53.01
49.92
25.93
38.83
27.25
56.63
54.37
23.22
18.29
16.29
19.95
21.28
25.99
27.81
27.32
20.94
33.38
28.97
18.85
17.21
31.69
29.04
26.96
26.01
30.52
23.80
35.00
28.85
21.36
30.65
37.25
26.63
9.82
12.50
4.6
5.2
4.1
4.2
7.3
4.7
2.7
4.6
7.3
9.3
9.1
15.9
9.7
29.2
11.9
23.2
16.1
4.9
5.8
8.9
5.4
2.1
2.7
8.3
8.0
2.8
10.6
7.7
8.0
4.4
3.4
5.1
21.2
13.0
6.0
4.0
12.4
9.8
6.8
17.4
7.5
17.9
2.3
7.9
4.7
21.63
21.60
–
25.06
17.71
16.35
19.65
21.15
26.38
22.41
25.86
55.34
–
26.29
38.42
–
60.53
–
23.28
18.29
–
20.03
21.17
26.35
27.83
27.32
20.94
–
–
19.13
–
34.83
–
–
21.96
31.52
–
44.46
–
–
28.88
–
21.09
13.73
–
4.6
5.4
–
4.7
7.3
5.3
1.9
4.0
7.5
7.2
8.4
18.8
–
33.4
14.6
–
19.0
–
6.3
8.9
–
2.1
3.0
8.2
8.1
2.8
10.6
–
–
7.4
–
7.1
–
–
7.6
6.6
–
10.5
–
–
7.9
–
5.5
20.4
–
–
$19.29
–
25.45
–
–
17.67
25.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.64
–
–
–
22.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.57
–
28.46
–
–
–
29.29
–
27.53
–
–
33.38
–
27.28
–
–
–
14.6
–
9.7
–
–
5.9
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
6.1
–
–
–
4.9
–
7.5
–
–
13.4
–
2.4
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Health related ...........................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Physicians ............................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ................................................
Speech therapists .................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ..................................................
7 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
English teachers ...................................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
8 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$28.94
27.65
28.82
22.07
27.91
25.08
28.04
27.55
28.24
29.57
31.46
28.78
30.35
26.97
27.53
28.16
14.43
28.89
28.12
8.34
24.87
28.63
21.36
13.67
20.00
27.33
21.24
13.67
20.00
27.33
26.18
22.07
14.14
11.97
14.09
10.88
14.73
42.91
46.41
42.91
46.41
3.0
6.7
1.7
11.9
5.5
12.7
1.7
6.5
2.3
2.1
3.1
12.4
1.9
3.7
4.4
5.8
15.4
5.7
7.2
.8
9.6
8.6
6.6
10.6
5.9
4.2
6.7
10.6
5.9
4.2
7.7
8.4
8.6
12.7
10.5
10.9
7.2
8.3
4.3
8.3
4.3
$20.22
20.29
23.50
–
–
–
23.15
–
22.18
26.82
–
–
26.90
20.46
–
13.88
–
–
–
–
14.02
–
18.92
–
–
–
18.46
–
–
–
28.74
–
10.11
9.32
–
–
–
43.86
47.06
43.86
47.06
17.7
11.5
5.2
–
–
–
6.4
–
8.3
3.3
–
–
4.2
5.4
–
13.1
–
–
–
–
2.1
–
9.3
–
–
–
9.5
–
–
–
8.2
–
12.5
9.6
–
–
–
8.8
4.1
8.8
4.1
$30.33
28.53
29.56
21.99
28.23
26.10
28.54
27.59
28.95
29.85
31.54
29.04
30.93
28.67
28.41
30.32
–
–
–
–
26.97
29.83
22.88
13.67
18.69
–
22.88
13.67
18.69
–
18.28
–
15.77
–
15.86
–
15.47
30.89
–
–
–
2.5
7.3
1.7
12.0
5.6
13.7
1.6
6.9
2.0
2.3
3.3
13.0
1.7
2.1
3.6
4.3
–
–
–
–
8.8
6.8
6.7
10.6
11.6
–
6.7
10.6
11.6
–
4.2
–
6.8
–
8.6
–
5.5
6.6
–
–
–
26.54
18.82
26.56
42.54
25.01
17.14
30.20
29.10
30.01
28.73
26.89
19.36
12.31
14.58
15.34
18.03
18.18
7.4
7.3
10.1
6.6
15.3
5.7
10.1
14.3
21.2
5.0
11.7
6.2
4.8
2.7
3.3
3.6
4.5
26.60
18.82
26.83
42.54
24.99
–
30.20
29.10
30.01
–
26.89
20.03
11.86
14.35
15.50
18.45
18.47
7.6
7.3
10.3
6.6
15.5
–
10.1
14.3
21.2
–
11.7
7.4
5.4
2.9
3.6
3.6
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.82
–
15.83
–
–
17.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
6.2
–
–
6.6
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university –Continued
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
9 ......................................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
6 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Librarians ..............................................................
6 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
7 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
7 ......................................................................
Recreation workers ...............................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
13 ......................................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
9 ......................................................................
Public relations specialists ....................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
9 ......................................................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$22.32
89.42
16.32
12.78
15.20
17.39
19.76
18.18
15.22
14.44
15.24
14.92
16.14
15.12
11.49
15.65
17.87
18.50
70.90
111.42
17.15
20.65
15.50
5.8
24.9
5.4
7.8
6.6
6.6
6.0
6.3
2.3
4.7
2.5
2.7
6.7
6.0
6.2
8.0
5.4
4.2
27.9
20.0
33.4
7.8
5.0
$23.35
89.42
16.39
12.81
–
17.45
19.97
18.18
15.52
14.44
15.41
15.24
–
13.93
11.49
–
17.87
18.50
70.90
111.42
16.92
20.65
16.40
6.8
24.9
5.7
7.9
–
6.7
6.6
6.3
2.5
4.7
3.1
2.9
–
7.6
6.2
–
5.4
4.2
27.9
20.0
38.8
7.8
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$14.17
–
–
–
–
17.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.11
17.27
15.28
18.59
19.62
23.00
24.14
28.65
39.46
41.76
57.65
28.20
31.73
17.81
17.05
18.37
21.24
23.38
30.72
29.56
40.40
40.84
57.65
27.20
24.68
46.09
44.08
30.39
3.1
8.2
4.3
6.5
3.0
3.3
10.2
4.2
4.7
8.2
13.6
6.0
3.9
6.5
14.7
9.2
4.5
5.0
7.2
5.4
4.7
9.4
13.6
11.5
9.2
11.9
17.7
14.6
28.05
18.64
15.15
18.17
19.45
23.52
24.83
29.91
40.36
46.95
70.59
27.40
32.95
18.22
17.05
18.69
20.84
23.45
31.58
31.96
40.76
46.84
70.59
26.20
–
46.09
44.08
28.56
3.6
5.5
4.8
5.0
2.9
3.4
12.8
3.5
4.7
5.8
6.9
11.6
4.4
6.3
14.7
11.2
4.4
5.2
6.9
4.2
4.9
7.5
6.9
17.1
–
11.9
17.7
16.8
23.31
–
–
19.71
20.86
19.26
–
25.54
–
–
–
–
26.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.43
–
–
–
–
23.89
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
18.9
10.5
7.3
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
35.02
30.40
24.68
27.62
35.03
29.57
29.46
11.4
6.5
14.0
7.4
6.2
6.3
11.0
35.02
31.34
22.59
25.19
35.38
29.40
30.57
11.4
11.9
16.1
10.6
8.2
6.1
10.5
–
29.76
–
28.26
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
8.8
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
7 ......................................................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
11 ......................................................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...........................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
12 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$32.01
20.75
25.52
28.68
33.08
36.82
62.96
20.63
16.79
14.84
18.70
18.78
22.56
20.21
25.66
31.24
18.77
19.79
22.83
21.64
29.66
4.9
6.9
5.3
6.2
6.1
3.7
5.6
3.0
14.9
3.0
8.6
3.1
4.3
7.9
5.7
11.8
4.8
4.2
7.4
11.3
13.3
$32.23
20.80
25.52
28.68
33.37
36.93
62.96
20.98
–
14.60
17.87
18.70
23.64
–
25.53
35.56
19.16
19.79
22.46
21.31
29.66
5.1
7.3
5.3
6.2
7.1
3.8
5.6
2.9
–
3.3
4.4
2.9
3.8
–
5.9
8.6
4.5
4.2
8.0
12.4
13.3
$27.91
–
–
–
31.38
–
–
19.32
–
–
20.55
19.33
18.75
–
–
–
17.60
–
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
9.1
–
–
23.7
12.9
6.8
–
–
–
13.8
–
–
–
–
20.33
22.51
24.88
9.7
13.3
7.9
21.57
–
25.41
10.5
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.30
21.43
14.93
18.92
18.35
21.41
4.9
6.0
9.0
19.2
8.3
8.3
–
21.13
14.93
15.52
18.35
23.27
–
5.6
9.0
7.3
8.3
7.1
16.41
22.31
–
–
–
–
6.8
16.4
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ...
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Sales counter clerks .............................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
15.96
6.33
8.36
8.23
12.56
16.02
23.29
21.49
19.59
27.80
38.10
26.45
23.69
9.2
4.8
8.8
4.4
6.4
14.6
17.0
11.1
9.6
11.5
7.7
11.9
14.0
15.93
6.33
8.36
8.17
12.55
16.02
23.29
21.49
19.59
27.80
–
26.45
23.69
9.4
4.8
8.8
4.5
6.5
14.6
17.0
11.1
9.6
11.5
–
11.9
14.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.26
15.98
10.58
10.00
10.44
9.27
6.71
8.62
8.86
6.1
16.4
10.3
20.9
14.6
9.8
4.5
11.3
4.5
19.26
15.98
10.58
10.00
–
9.25
6.71
8.62
8.75
6.1
16.4
10.3
20.9
–
10.0
4.5
11.3
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
12.91
7.66
2.0
6.8
13.01
7.87
2.4
8.2
12.42
7.05
3.0
5.1
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.42
10.21
12.44
13.53
15.60
16.81
20.79
23.14
18.50
14.83
20.19
14.94
19.88
14.54
14.90
14.12
11.45
13.40
13.59
16.88
17.64
13.69
11.04
7.87
7.57
14.04
9.52
9.29
10.24
10.72
12.71
12.72
11.56
14.07
9.48
6.03
9.70
11.27
11.57
10.70
11.55
11.63
10.27
11.62
12.54
12.66
11.60
12.87
8.03
6.52
12.74
10.77
12.29
8.05
5.2
1.7
1.9
2.7
3.8
4.8
5.3
5.5
6.0
10.5
11.4
6.9
8.6
6.3
3.5
8.9
5.1
3.5
4.3
5.7
7.9
5.7
1.6
5.7
3.5
8.6
3.3
4.6
5.5
5.0
15.0
14.2
11.3
10.1
4.2
1.0
3.7
4.4
4.2
2.8
7.4
3.7
3.2
4.6
7.1
7.1
15.3
18.9
5.8
1.0
12.3
13.5
7.5
8.8
$10.35
10.08
12.56
14.00
16.09
17.17
21.18
23.14
18.39
–
–
–
20.23
14.54
15.28
15.08
11.60
13.39
14.11
17.35
17.83
14.08
–
7.87
7.57
14.04
9.50
9.29
10.29
–
12.71
12.72
11.56
14.09
–
–
–
–
12.06
10.67
13.26
11.68
10.27
11.61
12.54
12.66
11.56
12.87
8.03
6.52
–
–
11.75
8.01
5.5
2.0
2.2
2.7
4.0
5.8
5.7
5.5
7.2
–
–
–
9.5
6.3
4.1
7.4
5.6
4.0
4.1
6.8
8.9
5.6
–
5.7
3.5
8.6
3.5
4.6
6.3
–
15.0
14.2
11.3
13.1
–
–
–
–
5.0
2.8
10.0
4.2
3.2
5.3
7.1
7.1
16.0
18.9
5.8
1.0
–
–
8.9
9.2
$11.69
11.28
11.96
12.39
14.09
15.07
–
–
18.89
–
–
–
–
–
13.26
–
–
13.49
12.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.41
6.03
9.64
11.27
10.71
–
–
11.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
3.1
3.6
5.5
7.0
4.5
–
–
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
5.3
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
1.0
4.3
4.4
3.8
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.72
10.43
8.9
18.4
12.72
10.43
8.9
18.4
–
–
–
–
14.92
12.46
12.48
10.6
3.4
3.5
14.92
12.46
12.48
10.6
3.4
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Typists ..................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
2 ......................................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
1 ......................................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
3 ......................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
4 ......................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
4 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance
–Continued
5 ......................................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
2 ......................................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
$12.42
12.98
12.05
11.18
9.87
13.21
13.21
17.28
8.81
10.63
13.51
11.30
11.87
10.84
11.96
9.92
11.36
14.16
4.8
3.0
3.3
5.5
5.1
3.1
6.6
1.3
13.0
16.9
5.7
4.9
4.2
7.4
4.5
3.4
3.1
9.4
$12.42
–
11.68
11.14
9.47
12.88
14.14
–
10.49
10.63
13.51
8.38
–
–
12.32
10.01
11.20
16.62
4.8
–
3.9
5.7
5.4
4.3
5.1
–
11.1
16.9
5.7
12.0
–
–
5.8
3.5
3.0
5.6
–
$13.18
13.26
–
–
13.81
–
–
–
–
–
11.75
12.45
11.00
11.16
–
–
–
–
2.6
5.7
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
.6
7.5
4.4
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
14.58
9.21
10.42
11.48
14.27
14.14
16.22
19.47
20.18
24.43
2.7
7.5
6.3
4.1
4.7
4.0
2.3
3.3
5.5
3.1
14.49
9.16
10.39
11.46
14.41
14.44
16.38
19.66
20.45
24.71
2.9
7.9
6.7
4.2
4.8
4.4
2.4
3.8
5.9
2.7
15.39
–
10.96
–
11.27
12.85
–
18.57
–
–
4.2
–
6.7
–
5.7
7.2
–
4.1
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
7 ......................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
6 ......................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electrician apprentices .........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Stationary engineers .............................................
17.79
10.03
13.16
15.08
16.80
19.44
21.51
24.95
16.64
19.47
19.82
15.70
17.03
19.03
16.98
21.48
3.2
3.8
4.6
6.6
3.1
3.9
4.8
3.0
5.5
4.6
4.6
5.3
6.9
5.4
8.1
3.2
17.97
10.03
13.16
16.14
16.75
19.66
21.64
25.05
16.49
–
–
15.89
17.03
19.69
–
21.36
3.3
3.8
4.6
5.9
3.1
4.4
4.9
3.0
5.6
–
–
5.6
6.9
4.9
–
3.9
16.21
–
–
11.09
–
18.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
7.1
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.23
14.85
15.28
19.84
19.70
10.94
14.00
19.80
14.01
17.64
7.7
4.3
3.0
11.2
13.1
7.9
9.3
8.8
4.5
5.0
–
14.74
–
20.37
22.11
10.94
14.91
19.73
14.01
17.64
–
4.6
–
11.5
9.0
7.9
6.7
9.3
4.5
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
12.67
3.9
12.68
3.9
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Printing press operators .......................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
$8.42
8.63
11.47
13.50
12.70
15.55
18.82
16.20
8.45
8.03
9.09
11.57
12.99
9.07
6.3
6.4
7.2
5.7
7.9
4.8
4.4
6.5
6.3
7.4
8.6
6.6
7.7
4.3
$8.42
8.63
11.47
13.54
12.70
15.55
18.82
16.38
8.45
8.03
9.09
11.57
12.99
9.07
6.3
6.4
7.2
5.8
7.9
4.8
4.4
6.6
6.3
7.4
8.6
6.6
7.7
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Driver-sales workers .............................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
14.32
9.15
11.09
15.27
14.69
15.37
20.90
13.51
11.43
10.99
14.39
14.54
11.55
14.20
21.35
14.15
4.7
12.9
10.1
6.4
3.6
4.7
3.2
4.2
8.0
13.7
5.2
5.3
17.4
8.3
8.3
9.2
14.00
8.61
10.96
15.36
14.70
16.48
–
13.48
–
10.92
14.39
–
11.55
–
–
14.15
5.9
15.1
11.1
6.6
6.3
5.1
–
4.5
–
14.1
5.2
–
17.4
–
–
9.2
$15.77
–
–
–
14.67
–
–
14.07
–
–
–
–
–
15.62
–
–
4.7
–
–
–
2.3
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
11.13
9.23
11.08
11.94
12.22
12.27
9.73
10.44
12.42
10.48
9.55
11.17
12.61
10.02
14.28
10.09
11.10
9.88
7.09
11.37
9.86
4.4
9.4
7.9
6.3
6.6
8.8
9.9
6.9
8.3
7.1
10.9
12.9
7.6
11.8
10.7
16.2
10.8
7.7
8.3
15.3
11.4
11.10
9.16
11.19
11.94
12.65
12.27
9.01
10.44
–
10.43
9.55
11.17
12.61
10.02
14.28
10.09
11.10
9.85
6.75
11.37
9.86
4.6
10.0
8.1
6.3
7.8
8.8
6.9
6.9
–
7.7
10.9
12.9
7.6
11.8
10.7
16.2
10.8
7.9
7.4
15.3
11.4
11.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
10.13
7.08
7.70
8.25
10.98
2.8
3.3
5.1
4.7
6.4
8.36
6.84
7.26
7.77
10.32
2.6
3.4
5.0
5.4
8.9
15.37
10.21
10.97
10.71
12.69
3.1
3.8
7.1
4.3
6.3
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Protective service .....................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
7 ......................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
5 ......................................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
3 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Protective service, n.e.c. ......................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
3 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.43
13.05
18.50
15.92
19.79
13.07
16.03
7.59
14.05
13.92
14.68
19.41
17.10
19.81
21.43
16.71
18.71
20.09
5.4
3.7
3.7
5.5
12.0
22.5
5.3
3.2
10.1
4.4
3.6
3.0
5.8
13.2
16.7
7.0
4.4
3.1
$11.09
12.27
14.38
14.83
–
–
9.91
7.57
–
10.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
4.9
10.9
10.7
–
–
11.5
3.2
–
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$14.64
14.01
19.17
17.10
19.81
–
18.16
–
15.25
14.79
14.52
19.41
17.10
19.81
–
16.71
18.80
20.09
3.8
4.1
3.1
5.8
13.2
–
3.6
–
12.1
4.2
3.9
3.0
5.8
13.2
–
7.0
4.4
3.1
16.25
15.19
15.08
8.59
7.58
10.18
16.91
7.41
6.35
6.57
6.70
8.48
9.96
12.76
13.99
7.34
4.08
4.43
5.17
2.81
8.87
8.39
8.42
9.22
6.71
8.86
9.97
6.69
6.24
7.32
7.74
7.46
9.30
7.34
8.84
10.09
9.18
9.08
10.37
11.02
8.98
7.44
8.38
27.7
3.8
4.1
5.8
3.2
5.8
22.8
4.0
5.1
7.4
7.7
4.3
10.3
6.5
9.0
16.1
10.5
14.6
21.3
11.1
3.3
5.9
2.7
5.0
8.7
9.2
7.6
6.9
7.2
6.4
3.4
9.7
2.0
1.8
5.1
5.4
2.7
4.1
7.2
9.8
1.8
.9
3.7
–
–
–
8.37
7.58
–
–
7.33
6.32
6.20
6.63
8.46
9.96
12.76
13.99
7.34
4.08
4.43
5.17
2.81
8.86
8.30
8.36
9.57
6.68
8.67
9.97
6.69
6.24
7.15
7.73
7.36
8.98
7.34
8.84
9.40
9.14
8.98
9.84
–
8.75
7.44
8.37
–
–
–
5.1
3.2
–
–
4.2
5.1
7.4
7.9
5.1
10.3
6.5
9.0
16.1
10.5
14.6
21.3
11.1
3.6
6.1
2.8
5.7
9.2
9.9
7.6
6.9
7.2
6.5
3.5
10.4
1.8
1.9
5.2
5.7
2.7
4.0
7.6
–
1.8
.9
3.7
16.25
15.19
15.08
–
–
–
–
9.40
–
9.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.04
–
–
11.40
–
–
11.00
–
–
–
–
11.09
–
–
27.7
3.8
4.1
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.2
–
–
5.2
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Health service –Continued
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants
–Continued
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
5 ......................................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ..............................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.74
8.80
9.07
9.02
7.56
8.40
10.53
12.43
12.96
4.8
2.6
3.6
4.3
4.5
12.1
4.8
4.0
12.8
$9.47
8.74
9.07
8.48
7.29
7.49
10.17
12.12
12.96
6.8
2.7
3.6
4.8
4.5
9.6
6.5
9.2
13.8
–
–
–
$11.64
10.39
11.94
11.40
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
4.1
8.2
5.0
–
–
12.35
13.02
8.75
7.85
11.21
8.79
7.39
7.86
10.63
9.90
6.74
7.72
9.01
12.47
12.90
10.05
6.40
19.78
5.49
12.42
8.26
8.59
7.19
7.78
7.85
10.17
10.4
16.1
6.4
6.9
9.0
5.6
5.4
12.1
6.3
6.0
7.0
6.8
10.1
18.5
16.4
3.4
3.5
17.5
8.8
8.1
3.7
5.0
9.3
9.8
12.2
8.2
12.06
13.02
8.60
7.85
10.09
7.99
6.90
6.99
10.12
9.78
6.33
7.29
7.96
13.06
12.64
–
–
24.76
5.49
–
8.11
8.34
7.14
8.06
7.84
–
12.2
17.7
6.5
6.9
4.8
6.3
5.1
7.3
10.0
7.4
6.3
5.3
11.7
22.2
18.9
–
–
14.4
8.8
–
3.8
5.3
9.6
10.8
13.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.37
10.39
11.24
11.43
10.36
8.95
–
9.90
–
–
–
6.53
–
–
13.20
–
10.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
4.1
9.6
5.2
7.1
8.5
–
11.8
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
6.7
–
11.8
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendices C and D for more information.
3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH
THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
32
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August
1998
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$18.41
18.40
1.8
1.9
$18.06
18.03
2.3
2.4
$19.77
19.76
1.8
1.8
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
21.61
7.51
10.44
10.20
12.75
14.95
16.53
19.43
20.57
25.07
26.99
30.42
37.70
40.86
55.08
25.86
21.93
8.03
10.90
10.43
12.61
15.02
15.71
19.30
20.68
24.98
26.67
29.56
37.77
40.86
55.08
25.86
1.9
6.9
6.0
1.9
2.1
3.4
4.1
2.9
3.1
1.8
4.3
3.4
3.6
5.6
9.7
7.7
2.0
8.3
6.0
1.8
1.9
3.6
2.3
2.9
3.4
1.8
4.6
3.1
3.6
5.6
9.7
7.7
21.57
7.65
10.37
10.07
12.84
15.46
16.94
18.86
19.50
24.21
27.33
31.87
38.81
44.36
62.71
25.67
21.98
8.46
10.85
10.31
12.70
15.59
15.99
18.65
19.49
24.05
26.87
30.81
38.89
44.36
62.71
25.67
2.4
7.9
6.3
2.1
2.4
3.5
4.5
3.3
3.1
2.3
6.2
3.8
3.6
6.8
6.3
9.7
2.5
8.8
6.4
2.0
2.2
3.7
2.4
3.3
3.2
2.3
7.0
3.5
3.7
6.8
6.3
9.7
21.76
–
–
11.36
12.30
13.10
14.57
21.45
23.44
26.97
26.33
26.26
27.80
28.94
–
26.55
21.75
–
–
11.36
12.28
13.10
14.57
21.45
23.44
26.97
26.33
26.31
27.80
28.94
–
26.55
2.2
–
–
3.3
3.6
4.9
5.2
5.9
7.1
2.7
3.8
5.8
8.4
5.6
–
6.5
2.2
–
–
3.3
3.6
4.9
5.2
5.9
7.1
2.7
3.8
6.0
8.4
5.6
–
6.5
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
11 ......................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
26.07
27.24
17.65
17.15
21.76
21.91
26.46
27.65
28.73
35.87
39.50
49.07
25.90
28.54
18.56
22.55
23.72
25.29
30.94
30.71
34.50
24.66
30.11
26.92
32.00
37.18
31.91
34.08
26.78
2.0
2.0
4.4
4.0
2.5
5.8
1.9
4.0
3.2
4.9
6.2
7.2
12.9
4.0
12.3
6.3
9.9
4.8
5.4
4.9
7.0
2.1
3.4
3.0
3.2
5.0
6.2
2.3
4.0
26.21
27.34
17.43
17.68
20.20
19.22
24.67
28.03
29.45
37.07
42.47
49.40
26.68
28.81
18.56
–
–
25.32
–
30.63
37.16
–
30.11
26.92
32.00
37.18
32.45
–
26.78
2.6
2.7
5.2
4.2
3.0
6.1
3.3
6.7
3.2
5.0
7.3
7.6
14.1
4.5
12.3
–
–
5.0
–
5.1
3.7
–
3.4
3.0
3.2
5.0
6.6
–
4.0
25.75
27.01
19.92
15.68
25.65
25.70
28.89
27.24
26.88
26.92
27.23
–
–
26.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
2.3
6.6
7.1
7.0
10.3
1.8
3.8
7.8
11.5
5.2
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
33
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.67
20.91
25.31
24.99
26.11
28.80
34.22
27.30
20.94
25.05
26.30
29.52
34.87
8.3
4.1
10.9
4.6
6.7
4.5
2.4
3.9
4.3
4.9
6.9
4.2
2.7
$17.41
20.91
25.31
24.99
26.11
28.80
34.22
27.31
20.94
25.05
26.30
29.52
34.87
8.7
4.1
10.9
4.6
6.7
4.5
2.4
3.9
4.3
4.9
6.9
4.2
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.33
21.17
16.68
24.64
17.14
16.51
18.73
22.01
23.34
25.29
27.92
53.80
50.11
38.68
27.25
56.92
21.49
19.38
21.31
22.59
28.13
21.60
28.93
18.98
17.17
32.16
25.79
30.66
24.78
34.31
31.22
28.34
13.86
29.62
27.71
28.94
28.31
27.91
24.32
28.18
27.59
28.46
29.64
31.46
29.03
4.2
5.2
4.1
4.4
6.9
4.9
2.6
5.3
3.0
10.8
9.2
16.5
9.9
12.2
23.2
16.6
2.5
1.8
3.3
2.8
7.8
11.9
9.3
5.0
3.5
5.1
6.2
4.2
11.8
9.9
7.7
1.6
20.3
2.8
6.7
1.7
1.4
5.5
14.6
1.6
6.6
2.1
2.2
3.1
12.5
21.33
21.60
–
24.43
17.14
–
19.13
21.23
23.39
–
25.97
56.35
–
38.32
–
60.86
21.34
19.47
21.15
22.91
28.15
21.60
–
–
–
35.12
–
31.81
–
44.46
28.89
21.75
13.86
20.60
19.81
24.02
–
–
–
24.18
–
23.55
26.49
–
–
4.2
5.4
–
4.9
6.9
–
1.5
4.8
3.0
–
8.4
19.6
–
14.9
–
19.7
2.6
1.8
3.7
3.0
7.9
11.9
–
–
–
7.4
–
7.2
–
10.5
7.9
5.4
20.3
17.3
9.9
4.7
–
–
–
5.3
–
6.7
3.4
–
–
–
$19.29
–
25.40
–
–
17.66
25.31
–
–
–
–
–
40.27
–
–
22.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.35
–
28.94
–
29.29
–
–
35.06
29.13
–
31.06
28.68
29.58
28.24
28.23
–
28.55
27.64
28.95
29.96
31.54
29.47
–
14.6
–
10.1
–
–
5.9
14.1
–
–
–
–
–
10.6
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
5.6
–
4.9
–
–
14.4
1.6
–
2.2
7.3
1.8
1.3
5.6
–
1.6
7.0
2.0
2.3
3.3
12.8
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Mathematical and computer scientists –Continued
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Health related ...........................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Physicians ............................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Speech therapists .................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ..................................................
7 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
34
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$30.47
27.00
27.64
30.33
28.12
25.00
28.63
22.08
20.59
27.33
21.89
20.59
27.33
26.42
22.30
14.69
14.02
14.64
12.62
43.08
46.41
43.08
46.41
1.9
3.7
4.4
4.4
7.2
9.7
8.6
6.5
5.2
4.2
6.6
5.2
4.2
7.9
8.7
7.6
8.7
8.6
5.6
8.4
4.3
8.4
4.3
$26.71
20.23
–
16.22
–
14.02
–
19.01
–
–
18.46
–
–
28.67
–
10.93
–
10.90
–
43.86
47.06
43.86
47.06
4.0
5.6
–
11.2
–
2.1
–
9.6
–
–
9.5
–
–
8.3
–
13.8
–
15.3
–
8.8
4.1
8.8
4.1
$31.10
28.67
28.41
32.08
–
27.16
29.83
24.23
–
–
24.23
–
–
–
–
15.85
–
15.83
–
–
–
–
–
1.7
2.1
3.6
2.9
–
8.9
6.8
5.0
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
26.78
18.82
26.64
42.54
25.64
17.14
30.65
29.10
30.01
28.84
27.17
19.93
13.09
14.61
15.36
17.97
18.32
22.27
89.42
16.46
12.83
17.48
19.25
18.34
14.92
15.29
14.89
16.08
12.43
16.16
17.87
18.50
70.90
111.42
7.4
7.3
10.2
6.6
15.5
5.7
10.1
14.3
21.2
4.9
12.0
6.6
3.0
2.9
3.5
4.1
4.9
5.9
24.9
4.8
7.9
7.3
6.0
7.5
1.7
3.1
2.8
5.7
7.8
7.7
5.4
4.2
27.9
20.0
26.85
18.82
26.92
42.54
25.64
–
30.65
29.10
30.01
–
27.17
20.86
12.90
14.35
15.52
18.43
18.75
23.31
89.42
16.55
–
17.55
19.40
18.34
15.23
–
15.21
14.97
12.43
–
17.87
18.50
70.90
111.42
7.7
7.3
10.4
6.6
15.7
–
10.1
14.3
21.2
–
12.0
7.9
4.2
3.1
3.8
4.3
6.8
7.0
24.9
5.1
–
7.3
6.8
7.5
2.0
–
3.0
8.1
7.8
–
5.4
4.2
27.9
20.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.84
–
15.83
–
–
17.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.17
–
–
17.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
6.2
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university –Continued
Secondary school teachers –Continued
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
9 ......................................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
9 ......................................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Librarians ..............................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
7 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
7 ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
13 ......................................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
9 ......................................................................
Public relations specialists ....................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
9 ......................................................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
5 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
7 ......................................................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
11 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
35
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$20.65
15.51
7.8
5.1
$20.65
16.40
7.8
5.2
–
–
–
–
27.25
17.71
15.39
18.74
19.62
22.98
24.14
28.63
39.46
41.76
57.65
28.20
31.88
18.50
18.37
21.24
23.34
30.72
29.54
40.40
40.84
57.65
27.20
24.68
46.09
44.08
30.39
3.1
8.1
4.4
6.5
3.0
3.4
10.2
4.2
4.7
8.2
13.6
6.0
3.9
5.5
9.2
4.5
5.1
7.2
5.5
4.7
9.4
13.6
11.5
9.2
11.9
17.7
14.6
28.24
19.27
15.27
18.36
19.45
23.50
24.83
29.91
40.36
46.95
70.59
27.40
33.15
18.99
18.69
20.84
23.40
31.58
31.96
40.76
46.84
70.59
26.20
–
46.09
44.08
28.56
3.7
4.7
4.9
5.0
2.9
3.5
12.8
3.5
4.7
5.8
6.9
11.6
4.4
5.4
11.2
4.4
5.2
6.9
4.2
4.9
7.5
6.9
17.1
–
11.9
17.7
16.8
$23.26
–
–
19.71
20.86
19.26
–
25.41
–
–
–
–
26.44
–
–
–
–
–
25.30
–
–
–
–
23.89
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
18.9
10.5
7.3
–
9.8
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
35.02
30.87
24.68
27.62
35.03
29.63
29.46
32.26
20.75
25.52
28.68
33.07
36.82
62.96
20.74
17.03
14.84
18.93
18.78
22.56
20.21
25.66
31.24
18.77
19.79
22.83
21.64
29.66
11.4
6.3
14.0
7.4
6.2
6.5
11.0
4.9
6.9
5.3
6.2
6.2
3.7
5.6
3.0
14.9
3.1
8.7
3.1
4.3
7.9
5.7
11.8
4.8
4.2
7.4
11.3
13.3
35.02
32.58
22.59
25.19
35.38
29.45
30.57
32.51
20.80
25.52
28.68
33.37
36.93
62.96
21.13
–
14.61
18.16
18.70
23.64
–
25.53
35.56
19.16
19.79
22.46
21.31
29.66
11.4
11.3
16.1
10.6
8.2
6.3
10.5
5.1
7.3
5.3
6.2
7.1
3.8
5.6
3.0
–
3.4
4.2
2.9
3.8
–
5.9
8.6
4.5
4.2
8.0
12.4
13.3
–
29.76
–
28.26
–
–
–
27.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.32
–
–
20.55
19.33
18.75
–
–
–
17.60
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
8.8
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.1
–
–
23.7
12.9
6.8
–
–
–
13.8
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
12 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
36
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$20.33
22.51
24.88
9.7
13.3
7.9
$21.57
–
25.41
10.5
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.30
21.76
19.50
18.35
21.41
4.9
6.0
19.9
8.3
8.3
–
21.57
16.31
18.35
23.27
–
5.6
6.7
8.3
7.1
$16.41
22.31
–
–
–
6.8
16.4
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ...
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
4 ......................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
18.51
6.62
8.08
8.73
13.25
14.04
23.29
22.00
19.59
27.80
38.10
27.11
23.94
9.3
7.4
16.3
4.8
6.3
8.4
17.0
12.5
9.6
11.5
7.7
11.6
13.9
18.46
6.62
8.08
8.73
13.24
14.04
23.29
22.00
19.59
27.80
–
27.11
23.94
9.5
7.4
16.3
4.8
6.4
8.4
17.0
12.5
9.6
11.5
–
11.6
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.26
16.90
11.40
11.65
8.59
9.64
8.43
9.10
6.1
10.5
10.1
24.8
8.8
11.5
18.2
5.7
19.26
16.90
11.40
11.65
8.59
9.64
8.43
9.10
6.1
10.5
10.1
24.8
8.8
11.5
18.2
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
13.27
8.03
10.90
10.46
12.58
13.52
15.60
16.82
20.82
23.14
18.52
14.87
20.19
14.94
19.88
14.50
15.06
11.53
13.48
13.66
16.88
17.66
14.34
7.98
15.18
9.72
2.1
8.3
6.0
1.8
2.0
2.8
3.8
4.8
5.4
5.5
6.0
10.6
11.4
6.9
8.6
6.7
3.7
5.8
3.8
4.5
5.7
8.0
5.6
6.8
6.9
3.7
13.44
8.46
10.85
10.34
12.70
14.01
16.09
17.18
21.20
23.14
18.39
–
–
–
20.23
14.50
15.52
11.73
13.48
14.25
17.35
17.86
14.89
7.98
15.18
9.70
2.5
8.8
6.4
2.0
2.3
2.8
4.0
5.8
5.7
5.5
7.2
–
–
–
9.5
6.7
4.4
6.5
4.3
4.4
6.8
9.0
4.9
6.8
6.9
4.0
12.56
–
–
11.36
12.11
12.33
14.09
15.07
–
–
18.97
–
–
–
–
–
13.26
–
13.49
12.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
3.3
3.8
5.7
7.0
4.5
–
–
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
5.3
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
37
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.67
10.52
13.09
13.61
11.56
14.07
11.13
11.65
10.88
11.55
12.05
10.27
12.23
12.61
12.66
11.97
8.56
12.74
10.77
13.15
4.7
5.9
17.0
12.6
11.3
10.1
3.2
4.4
2.5
7.4
3.7
3.2
4.7
7.2
7.1
15.2
4.5
12.3
13.5
6.6
$9.67
10.61
13.09
13.61
11.56
14.09
–
12.22
10.86
13.26
12.13
10.27
12.30
12.61
12.66
11.94
8.56
–
–
12.76
4.7
6.8
17.0
12.6
11.3
13.1
–
5.0
2.6
10.0
4.2
3.2
5.5
7.2
7.1
16.0
4.5
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
$11.35
10.71
–
–
11.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
3.8
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Receptionists –Continued
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
13.13
7.7
13.13
7.7
–
–
14.92
12.42
12.40
12.42
13.29
12.49
10.14
13.21
13.21
17.28
9.06
11.13
11.87
11.00
12.14
10.14
11.45
14.16
10.6
3.5
3.5
4.8
1.3
3.2
6.1
3.1
6.6
1.3
17.4
5.3
4.2
7.5
4.8
3.0
3.8
9.4
14.92
12.42
12.40
12.42
–
12.19
9.75
12.88
14.14
–
–
–
–
–
12.59
10.25
11.20
16.62
10.6
3.5
3.5
4.8
–
3.7
6.4
4.3
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
3.1
3.5
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
13.39
–
13.81
–
–
–
11.49
12.45
11.00
11.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
4.1
–
–
–
5.0
.6
7.5
4.6
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
14.90
9.48
11.20
11.79
14.36
14.17
16.25
19.45
20.18
24.81
2.6
8.0
5.6
3.9
4.7
4.0
2.3
3.3
5.5
2.5
14.83
9.44
11.23
11.77
14.45
14.47
16.41
19.64
20.45
24.71
2.9
8.4
6.0
4.0
4.8
4.4
2.4
3.8
5.9
2.7
15.61
–
–
–
–
12.86
–
18.57
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
4.1
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
17.80
10.03
13.16
15.14
16.80
19.42
21.51
3.2
3.8
4.6
6.7
3.1
3.9
4.8
17.98
10.03
13.16
16.24
16.75
19.63
21.64
3.3
3.8
4.6
6.0
3.1
4.4
4.9
16.21
–
–
11.09
–
18.24
–
8.4
–
–
7.1
–
5.5
–
See footnotes at end of table.
38
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.95
16.64
19.47
19.82
15.42
17.03
19.03
16.98
21.48
3.0
5.5
4.6
4.6
5.2
6.9
5.4
8.1
3.2
$25.05
16.49
–
–
15.56
17.03
19.69
–
21.36
3.0
5.6
–
–
5.4
6.9
4.9
–
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.23
14.85
15.28
19.84
19.70
10.94
14.00
19.80
14.01
17.64
7.7
4.3
3.0
11.2
13.1
7.9
9.3
8.8
4.5
5.0
–
14.74
–
20.37
22.11
10.94
14.91
19.73
14.01
17.64
–
4.6
–
11.5
9.0
7.9
6.7
9.3
4.5
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Printing press operators .......................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
12.76
8.43
8.63
11.69
13.54
12.70
15.55
18.82
16.38
8.49
8.04
9.09
11.57
12.99
9.07
3.9
6.4
6.4
7.2
5.8
7.9
4.8
4.4
6.6
6.4
7.6
8.6
6.6
7.7
4.3
12.76
8.43
8.63
11.69
13.54
12.70
15.55
18.82
16.38
8.49
8.04
9.09
11.57
12.99
9.07
3.9
6.4
6.4
7.2
5.8
7.9
4.8
4.4
6.6
6.4
7.6
8.6
6.6
7.7
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Driver-sales workers .............................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
15.04
11.41
12.00
15.39
14.72
15.51
20.90
13.91
11.43
12.24
14.40
14.54
13.49
14.72
21.35
14.15
4.2
9.3
5.9
6.5
3.7
4.7
3.2
3.3
8.0
7.2
5.3
5.3
11.0
9.6
8.3
9.2
14.81
11.27
11.92
15.43
14.70
16.76
–
13.90
–
12.20
14.40
–
13.49
–
–
14.15
5.1
12.8
6.6
6.5
6.3
4.5
–
3.6
–
7.6
5.3
–
11.0
–
–
9.2
$16.08
–
–
–
14.74
–
–
14.07
–
–
–
–
–
16.47
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
2.3
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
11.45
9.59
11.33
12.08
12.46
12.27
9.87
4.5
10.0
8.2
6.5
6.9
8.8
10.8
11.41
9.54
11.45
12.08
12.72
12.27
9.01
4.7
10.8
8.4
6.5
7.9
8.8
6.9
12.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
9 ......................................................................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
7 ......................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
6 ......................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electrician apprentices .........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Stationary engineers .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
39
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.44
12.42
11.11
10.82
11.45
13.41
14.28
10.51
11.34
10.00
7.10
12.05
6.9
8.3
6.5
11.3
13.6
8.0
10.7
14.8
11.4
8.1
8.5
16.5
$10.44
–
11.12
10.82
11.45
13.41
14.28
10.51
11.34
9.97
6.75
12.05
6.9
–
7.3
11.3
13.6
8.0
10.7
14.8
11.4
8.3
7.5
16.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.14
7.45
8.35
9.15
11.40
13.09
13.26
18.47
15.92
19.79
16.47
7.62
14.80
13.92
14.90
19.38
17.10
19.81
21.43
16.85
18.78
20.09
3.0
3.8
6.1
4.3
6.9
5.3
3.8
3.8
5.5
12.0
5.4
4.3
11.0
4.4
3.3
3.1
5.8
13.2
16.7
7.0
4.4
3.1
9.10
7.20
7.85
8.70
10.69
11.76
12.26
–
14.83
–
10.36
7.62
–
10.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
4.0
5.9
5.0
10.0
8.7
5.0
–
10.7
–
13.8
4.3
–
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$16.03
10.54
12.27
11.05
13.05
14.80
14.57
19.15
17.10
19.81
18.23
–
–
14.79
14.76
19.38
17.10
19.81
–
16.85
18.87
20.09
3.1
4.3
6.5
3.7
6.5
3.8
3.3
3.1
5.8
13.2
3.6
–
–
4.2
3.5
3.1
5.8
13.2
–
7.0
4.4
3.1
15.78
15.19
15.08
8.65
7.53
10.18
8.33
6.57
7.27
7.89
8.61
9.96
12.76
13.99
4.52
4.16
5.64
9.16
8.39
8.60
9.46
7.90
8.79
29.5
3.8
4.1
6.9
3.8
5.8
4.6
6.2
9.2
7.5
4.5
10.3
6.5
9.0
14.3
18.0
29.4
3.7
5.9
3.2
5.7
12.5
10.9
–
–
–
8.39
7.53
–
8.28
6.55
6.94
7.87
8.61
9.96
12.76
13.99
4.52
4.16
5.64
9.18
8.30
8.56
–
7.90
8.78
–
–
–
6.1
3.8
–
4.7
6.2
9.5
7.7
5.3
10.3
6.5
9.0
14.3
18.0
29.4
4.0
6.1
3.4
–
12.5
11.0
15.78
15.19
15.08
–
–
–
9.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.5
3.8
4.1
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
3 ......................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
7 ......................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
5 ......................................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
3 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
See footnotes at end of table.
40
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Kitchen workers, food preparation –Continued
3 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
5 ......................................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.33
7.09
6.76
7.90
7.83
7.67
9.54
9.08
10.22
9.32
9.41
10.88
9.15
8.45
9.79
8.94
9.55
8.06
8.49
10.74
12.58
13.31
9.5
8.1
7.7
4.4
3.9
11.5
2.5
6.8
5.6
2.9
5.8
9.2
2.1
4.3
4.6
2.7
4.6
5.1
13.2
4.2
3.9
12.1
$10.33
7.09
6.76
7.73
7.81
7.67
9.18
9.08
9.49
9.28
9.27
10.41
8.86
8.45
9.51
8.87
9.00
7.74
7.51
10.45
12.46
13.33
9.5
8.1
7.7
4.0
4.0
12.1
2.3
6.9
6.4
2.8
5.9
11.5
2.0
4.3
6.8
2.7
5.3
5.4
10.6
5.7
9.4
13.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
$11.49
–
11.00
–
–
–
11.23
–
–
–
11.66
10.42
11.94
11.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
6.3
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
3.0
4.1
8.2
5.0
–
–
12.56
13.49
8.75
7.80
11.48
9.59
8.31
7.92
10.96
11.17
6.74
8.70
9.89
13.42
15.27
21.76
11.75
8.81
8.99
7.31
8.30
10.1
14.8
6.6
6.9
9.2
6.5
6.5
13.2
5.3
7.8
7.9
10.9
6.1
19.7
18.9
17.5
10.3
2.5
5.1
10.3
12.0
12.29
–
8.58
7.80
–
8.78
7.67
–
10.61
10.87
6.68
8.06
8.81
13.83
15.02
24.76
–
8.67
8.65
7.26
8.30
11.9
–
6.7
6.9
–
8.3
7.3
–
8.8
9.1
8.1
8.8
6.2
23.5
23.7
14.4
–
1.7
5.2
10.8
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
11.39
10.42
11.24
11.43
12.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
4.1
9.6
5.2
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendices C and D for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH
THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
41
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August
1998
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$10.00
10.14
7.6
8.8
$9.76
9.87
8.9
10.6
$11.68
11.71
6.9
7.0
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
12.81
6.31
8.51
8.49
10.49
14.52
12.58
16.12
19.39
28.37
11.34
27.92
13.62
14.55
6.71
8.54
9.02
10.66
12.01
12.58
16.28
19.39
28.37
11.34
27.92
13.39
9.5
3.4
5.9
4.0
5.8
16.7
6.2
10.1
4.8
7.3
13.3
24.1
12.4
11.1
6.6
4.5
3.7
4.8
6.3
6.2
10.8
4.8
7.3
13.3
24.1
12.8
12.75
6.18
8.47
8.35
10.56
16.61
13.22
16.43
19.59
28.53
25.38
–
11.74
14.87
6.41
8.45
8.90
10.81
13.58
13.22
16.63
19.59
28.53
25.38
–
11.21
11.0
2.7
6.0
4.3
6.1
18.4
7.7
10.9
4.3
7.7
4.7
–
16.6
13.3
5.1
4.6
4.0
5.1
8.2
7.7
11.6
4.3
7.7
4.7
–
16.7
13.21
7.79
–
10.46
9.30
10.17
10.95
12.35
18.77
26.82
–
–
–
13.31
7.79
–
–
9.30
10.17
10.95
12.35
18.77
26.82
–
–
–
9.3
12.7
–
6.6
6.9
7.8
8.6
11.4
14.9
6.4
–
–
–
9.6
12.7
–
–
6.9
7.8
8.6
11.4
14.9
6.4
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
19.34
20.59
10.79
11.20
16.10
20.44
28.42
11.34
27.92
16.09
–
–
26.84
21.84
21.76
29.43
23.68
27.01
21.81
21.13
23.76
11.87
25.77
27.53
10.05
8.34
14.61
14.48
–
11.45
–
11.7
12.6
10.6
10.4
14.8
5.2
7.4
13.3
24.1
10.5
–
–
8.4
4.6
5.3
6.8
5.6
9.2
4.8
1.3
34.6
13.3
11.3
4.7
12.6
.8
9.1
10.2
–
15.8
–
21.64
24.47
–
–
16.57
21.37
28.60
25.38
–
–
–
–
26.84
21.89
20.78
29.43
24.94
27.03
21.81
21.21
25.19
14.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.8
11.4
–
–
16.6
4.0
7.9
4.7
–
–
–
–
8.7
4.7
3.3
6.8
4.7
9.2
4.8
1.3
6.9
18.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.01
14.01
–
–
12.26
18.77
26.82
–
–
–
–
–
26.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.25
11.64
–
–
11.46
–
14.48
14.48
–
–
–
11.7
11.8
–
–
12.0
14.9
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
16.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
47.8
14.7
–
–
12.8
–
10.2
10.2
–
–
–
–
14.11
10.23
–
7.5
8.4
–
14.12
10.23
–
7.6
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
42
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
5 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
$14.33
16.90
15.16
17.45
16.11
11.51
5.4
4.3
16.4
1.7
5.5
6.4
$14.33
16.90
15.16
17.45
16.13
11.51
5.4
4.3
16.4
1.7
5.5
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
13.54
–
–
23.3
–
–
11.61
–
–
21.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
9.36
6.06
8.49
7.64
10.24
14.18
7.12
8.97
6.12
8.72
8.44
10.7
3.1
9.1
6.5
11.8
33.4
6.0
10.3
1.4
12.4
5.9
9.35
6.06
8.49
7.44
10.24
14.18
7.12
8.93
6.12
8.72
7.97
10.9
3.1
9.1
6.8
11.8
33.4
6.0
10.7
1.4
12.4
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
2 ......................................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
1 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
4 ......................................................................
General office clerks .............................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
9.49
6.71
8.54
9.06
10.98
13.78
11.90
12.67
11.69
8.80
8.22
7.81
6.03
8.44
8.99
8.88
9.56
8.76
8.00
9.98
3.8
6.6
4.5
3.7
5.0
7.2
3.5
6.5
19.1
5.7
4.3
5.1
1.0
7.2
8.0
4.4
6.4
6.0
8.1
7.4
9.40
6.41
8.45
8.95
11.21
–
11.90
12.67
11.69
8.81
8.22
–
–
8.46
–
8.45
9.11
–
8.00
9.82
4.2
5.1
4.6
4.0
5.1
–
3.5
6.5
19.1
5.7
4.3
–
–
7.9
–
3.1
5.1
–
8.1
9.3
$10.21
7.79
–
–
9.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.68
6.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
12.7
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
7.82
7.01
6.39
7.12
11.42
7.4
5.3
8.9
13.6
8.4
7.29
6.97
6.26
7.12
–
6.9
5.4
8.3
13.6
–
11.80
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
7.65
5.99
12.46
12.34
13.1
8.8
5.8
5.1
6.57
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
–
12.77
–
–
12.77
3.5
–
–
3.5
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
7.54
5.5
7.54
5.7
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
43
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
1 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
$6.96
7.86
7.43
8.13
8.25
7.86
5.5
4.5
13.0
4.2
5.4
4.7
$6.96
7.86
7.43
8.13
8.25
7.86
5.5
4.5
13.0
4.2
5.4
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
3 ......................................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
3 ......................................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
6.54
6.13
6.34
6.07
8.20
8.84
8.56
7.51
8.29
7.74
5.57
5.80
5.85
5.13
3.58
5.49
4.62
2.78
5.97
9.00
5.80
5.05
5.82
7.11
8.24
8.48
7.88
8.31
8.24
6.38
6.14
6.20
5.97
3.6
3.1
6.4
8.4
3.5
3.4
7.0
4.7
5.3
4.3
4.9
3.8
8.9
10.4
12.5
12.4
27.2
12.0
3.0
9.0
15.6
11.9
7.1
6.8
2.7
4.4
11.9
1.9
3.5
4.2
4.0
4.1
3.4
6.28
5.93
5.97
5.77
8.39
8.94
7.89
7.44
8.27
7.74
5.36
5.73
5.36
5.01
3.58
5.49
4.62
2.78
5.83
8.38
5.80
5.05
–
7.16
8.25
8.48
7.88
8.32
8.24
6.38
6.14
6.20
5.97
3.8
2.4
6.1
8.5
3.6
3.1
5.5
5.0
5.3
4.3
5.0
3.7
8.3
10.6
12.5
12.4
27.2
12.0
1.7
11.1
15.6
11.9
–
7.2
2.7
4.4
11.9
1.9
3.6
4.2
4.0
4.1
3.4
$8.79
9.18
8.68
9.00
–
–
12.11
–
–
–
9.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.6
7.1
8.1
16.4
–
–
17.3
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
44
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.69
6.75
6.97
8.13
7.91
6.40
6.88
6.78
6.3
13.1
5.1
18.8
7.3
3.5
6.7
8.8
$7.37
5.58
6.60
–
–
–
6.30
6.75
9.0
6.0
3.3
–
–
–
4.2
11.4
$8.33
–
–
–
–
6.53
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendices C and D for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH
THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
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Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National
Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998
Private industry and State and local government
Occupational group
Full-time
workers3
Part-time
workers3
Union4
Nonunion4
Time5
Incentive5
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$18.41
18.40
$10.00
10.14
$19.13
19.37
$17.06
17.13
$17.40
17.68
$18.98
14.58
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
21.61
21.93
12.81
14.55
23.60
24.76
20.34
20.88
20.65
21.42
23.10
15.34
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
26.07
27.24
19.93
27.25
18.51
13.27
19.34
20.59
14.11
13.54
9.36
9.49
28.54
28.39
29.54
24.51
12.68
15.34
24.78
26.28
17.48
27.23
16.35
12.64
25.52
26.71
19.35
27.11
12.34
12.89
–
–
–
–
23.99
13.84
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
14.90
17.80
12.76
15.04
11.45
7.82
–
–
7.65
7.54
17.56
20.49
15.59
16.24
14.23
12.55
15.46
11.34
12.71
9.66
14.49
17.84
12.44
14.15
11.09
15.40
17.15
14.33
15.20
13.06
Service .................................................................................
11.14
6.54
13.99
9.02
10.10
11.04
Relative error6 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
1.8
1.9
7.6
8.8
2.7
2.7
2.3
2.3
1.9
1.9
8.8
4.9
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
1.9
2.0
9.5
11.1
3.8
3.7
2.1
2.1
2.0
2.0
10.9
16.7
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
2.0
2.0
6.6
3.1
9.3
2.1
11.7
12.6
7.5
23.3
10.7
3.8
4.3
3.7
21.4
12.6
10.0
5.0
2.2
2.3
3.4
3.1
10.0
2.1
1.9
2.0
6.2
3.1
11.0
2.0
–
–
–
–
10.9
19.3
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
2.6
3.2
3.9
4.2
4.5
7.4
–
–
13.1
5.5
3.1
2.6
6.2
5.0
5.4
2.5
3.1
4.3
5.2
4.3
2.9
3.4
4.2
5.7
4.5
3.9
5.0
9.1
4.6
14.5
Service .................................................................................
3.0
3.6
4.9
3.1
2.9
10.0
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary;
incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on
productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE
FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS
FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET
THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
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Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation
Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998
Full-time and part-time workers
Goods-producing industries3
Occupational group
All private
industries
Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Service-producing industries4
Total
TransportFinance,
Wholesale
ation and
insurance,
and retail
public utiland real
trade
ities
estate
Services
Mean
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
$17.06
17.17
$17.47
17.17
–
–
$18.37 $17.06 $16.98
17.71 16.93 17.17
$20.46
20.46
–
–
–
–
$18.04
18.12
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
20.63
21.44
21.58
21.21
–
–
21.94
18.61
21.51
21.60
20.53
21.46
24.05
24.12
–
–
–
–
21.77
22.00
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
25.83
27.13
20.03
28.05
15.93
13.01
25.32
27.22
19.07
24.57
24.25
13.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.10
29.20
14.74
25.47
27.48
19.07
24.70
20.59
12.85
25.89
27.12
20.18
28.46
15.20
12.99
44.20
30.96
65.85
30.19
–
15.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.12
26.91
16.18
28.06
14.41
13.10
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
14.49
17.97
12.68
14.00
15.26
18.16
13.20
13.75
–
–
–
–
17.65
18.59
–
–
13.68
16.77
13.20
13.65
13.81
17.72
10.98
14.06
16.69
22.33
–
14.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.76
15.06
9.25
9.01
11.10
12.17
–
11.62
12.33
10.53
12.71
–
–
8.77
Service .......................................................................
8.36
15.82
–
–
17.25
8.26
18.83
–
–
8.29
Relative error5 (percent)
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
2.4
2.4
3.8
3.9
–
–
5.4
5.8
4.9
5.0
2.7
2.8
6.6
6.7
–
–
–
–
3.7
3.7
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
2.4
2.5
3.6
4.1
–
–
6.2
8.1
4.1
4.4
2.6
2.7
8.6
8.8
–
–
–
–
3.0
3.0
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
2.5
2.6
7.4
3.6
9.4
2.4
3.8
4.3
8.5
7.4
10.7
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
13.2
9.7
3.8
4.3
8.5
9.0
10.3
7.1
2.8
2.9
8.4
4.0
10.6
2.5
16.4
12.8
26.6
6.2
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
3.1
3.7
5.1
29.1
3.3
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
2.9
3.3
3.9
5.9
4.3
5.1
4.7
6.5
–
–
–
–
6.2
6.1
–
–
4.3
5.9
4.7
7.5
4.0
3.5
6.8
7.0
6.3
3.2
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
2.5
6.0
12.8
4.6
7.6
–
7.5
9.6
5.3
8.3
–
–
8.0
Service .......................................................................
2.6
17.8
–
–
16.9
2.6
21.4
–
–
2.5
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.
4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
47
Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998
Full-time and part-time workers
100 workers or more
Occupational group
All private
industry
workers
50 - 99
workers
Total
100 - 499
workers
500
workers or
more
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$17.06
17.17
$14.07
14.05
$17.70
17.80
$15.81
15.67
$19.94
20.06
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
20.63
21.44
18.10
19.47
21.08
21.73
20.06
21.03
21.98
22.23
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
25.83
27.13
20.03
28.05
15.93
13.01
25.31
27.74
13.70
25.98
14.26
12.44
25.87
27.08
20.51
28.51
16.54
13.12
26.13
27.89
17.10
28.62
16.80
13.26
25.74
26.65
21.98
28.42
14.91
12.98
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
14.49
17.97
12.68
14.00
11.10
12.59
16.18
10.99
13.03
8.52
14.99
18.45
13.14
14.22
11.86
13.33
16.37
12.07
12.97
11.41
17.78
20.56
16.41
16.27
13.06
Service .................................................................................
8.36
6.82
8.80
8.16
10.27
Relative error3 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
2.4
2.4
5.7
6.1
2.6
2.6
4.1
4.2
3.0
3.1
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
2.4
2.5
6.4
6.6
2.6
2.7
4.5
4.7
3.2
3.3
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
2.5
2.6
7.4
3.6
9.4
2.4
12.0
11.7
13.6
7.0
13.8
5.9
2.5
2.7
7.6
4.3
11.4
2.6
5.2
5.5
7.3
6.1
12.9
4.0
2.8
2.7
9.8
5.9
6.0
3.3
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
2.9
3.3
3.9
5.9
4.6
6.4
7.4
5.5
13.5
8.1
3.2
3.4
4.7
6.4
4.8
3.3
4.2
6.5
3.9
5.7
4.4
2.8
4.0
10.6
8.8
Service .................................................................................
2.6
5.2
3.1
3.1
7.5
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information
about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did
not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR
SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
48
Appendix A: Technical Note
T
frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business
and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and
other information were updated.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all the steps required to produce the data.
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy which were not selected for
collection. See appendix table 1 for a count of establishments in the survey by employment size. The second stage
of sample selection, detailed below, was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey includes questions of
scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing 50 workers
or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries
(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary
services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; and services industries); and State and local
governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey an establishment is an
economic unit that produces goods or services, a central
administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support
services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is
defined as all locations of a government entity.
The Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the District of Columbia;
Baltimore City and the counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Queen Anne’s and
Washington, MD; the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls
Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park,
and the counties of Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax,
Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren, VA; and the counties of Berkeley and Jefferson, WV.
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Regional Office and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail
and telephone, were used to follow-up and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multi-step process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time,
union v. nonunion, and time v. incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The sampling
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
A-1
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people
working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance
of selection.
The number of jobs collected in each establishment was
based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in
the following schedule:
Number
of employees
50-99
100-249
250-999
1000-2,499
2,500+
Number
of selected jobs
8
10
12
16
20
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In
cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census
classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level
were used to classify the job. Classification by primary
duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOGs:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations
Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual
occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen
worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as
holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the esA-2
tablishment’s definition of those terms. Then the worker
was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on
the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on
hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being
in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
Terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Generic leveling through point factor analysis
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “generic
leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and compares all
occupations randomly selected in an establishment using
the same criteria. This is a major departure from the
method used in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational
Compensation Surveys which studied specifically defined
occupations with leveling definitions unique to each occupation.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10
leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the
U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for
evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The
tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the
effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.
The 10 factors are:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
Each factor contains a number of levels and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
which written description best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for nine factors (supervisory
duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total
determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix
table 3 presents average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations. A description of
the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are
shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a job
with its associated leveling factors, and a guide to help data
users evaluate jobs in their firms
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic
level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis
showed that several of the generic level factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels within a
given factor increased, the wages also increased. Detailed
research continues in the area and will be published by
BLS in the future.
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the
establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables
reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
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·
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
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Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (e.g.,
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free room and board
Payments made by third parties (e.g., tips, bonuses
given by manufacturers to department store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various time periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules were also
collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers, exempt from overtime provisions, often work beA-3
yond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of
hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time.
Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note and the example for more details on the leveling process.)
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below).
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part-time.
Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for
the job.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
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A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National
Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to supply
information. If data were not provided by a sample member, the weights of responding sample members in the same
or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing
data. This technique assumes that the mean value of the
nonrespondents equals the mean value of the respondents at
some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding
establishments were classified into these cells according to
industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments
were classified into cells that were additionally defined by
major occupation group and job level.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.
Survey response
Total in sample
Responding
Out of business or not in
survey scope
Unable or refused to provide data
Establishments
694
464
38
192
Some surveys may have a high nonresponse rate for the
all industries or private industry iterations. Such instances
are noted in the bulletin table footnotes.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by number of
workers; the sample weight adjusted for nonresponding
establishments and other factors; and the occupation work
schedule, varying depending on whether hourly, weekly, or
annual rates are being calculated.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented publishing a series that
could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational
structures among establishments differ, estimates of the
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number of workers obtained from the sample of establishments serve only to indicate the relative importance of the
occupational groups studied.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all
possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the
standard error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided alongside the earnings in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers was $12.79 with a relative standard error of 3.6
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 (1.645
times 3.6 percent = 5.922 percent times $12.27, plus or minus $0.76). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample
would include the true population value approximately 90
percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data
obtained. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all
survey areas will be used in the development of a formal
quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling
error. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data,
and detailed data review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2
National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998
Full-time and part-time workers
Occupational group
Total
Private industry
State and local
government
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
1,717,400
1,585,600
1,359,400
1,229,400
358,000
356,100
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
1,040,300
908,500
796,500
666,500
243,800
242,000
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
429,600
363,700
66,000
165,600
131,900
313,200
279,800
226,300
53,500
131,500
130,000
255,200
149,900
137,400
12,500
34,000
–
58,100
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
318,500
111,800
49,200
80,000
77,500
287,000
100,400
48,900
64,400
73,400
31,500
11,400
–
15,600
4,100
Service .................................................................................
358,600
275,900
82,700
1 The number of workers represented by the survey are
rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers
provide a description of size and composition of the labor force
included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure employment
trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were
included in the survey.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH
THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
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Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and
establishment employment size, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, August 1998
Number of establishments studied
Industry
All industries .......................................................................................
Private industry ...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ........................................................
Mining .....................................................................................
Construction ...........................................................................
Manufacturing .........................................................................
Service-producing industries ......................................................
Tranportation and public utilities .............................................
Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................
Services ..................................................................................
State and local government ............................................................
Number of
establishments repreTotal studied
sented1
8,800
8,600
1,200
(2)
600
600
7,500
500
2,700
700
3,500
200
1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100.
2 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50.
460
398
56
2
17
37
342
32
81
21
208
62
100 workers or more
50 - 99
workers
109
107
14
2
6
6
93
9
31
6
47
2
100 - 499
workers
Total
351
291
42
–
189
176
28
–
11
31
249
23
50
15
161
60
500 workers
or more
162
115
14
–
9
19
148
9
43
8
88
13
2
12
101
14
7
7
73
47
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry
groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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